How housing scarcity shows up in everyday family decisions

Rather than treating housing as a distant policy issue, Jared brings it into everyday life through what he’s seen building in California neighborhoods. He explains how limited housing supply narrows where families can live, how far they commute, and whether they can stay connected to their communities. Drawing on real-world development experience, he helps listeners see how small, incremental housing choices-or the absence of them-shape family life long before anyone calls it a housing crisis.

About Jared Jones

Jared Jones, podcast guest

Founder of Middle Housing Partners and Expert in Micro-Infill Housing, Working at the Intersection of Policy, Execution, and Community

15 years Real estate development experience536 Successful projects in the firm track record600+ Housing units built by Middle Housing Partners$100M+ Assets managed by Middle Housing Partners

Jared Jones came into real estate by paying attention to what wasn’t working. He saw how traditional development often moves slowly, favors scale over fit, and leaves large gaps between housing need and what actually gets built. Families were priced out of growing cities, neighborhoods were locked in place by zoning that no longer matched reality, and investors were left waiting years for projects to stabilize.

After more than 15 years in real estate development, Jared co-founded Middle Housing Partners to focus on a specific problem: how to add housing within existing neighborhoods without relying on large, drawn-out projects. The firm works on micro-infill housing—ADUs, duplexes, triplexes, and small multifamily buildings—designed to fit into the fabric of established communities.

Jared’s work has taken place across hundreds of projects in California, where development is shaped as much by process as by design. His experience sits at the overlap of policy and execution: pulling permits, working through local interpretation of regulations, and refining development approaches that make smaller sites viable. The properties themselves are often modest—underused lots, backyard housing, overlooked parcels—but they reflect a belief that housing supply can be expanded incrementally rather than all at once.

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Episode 146: Jared Jones Co-Founder, Middle Housing Partners
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