Build baby build podcast — Real Conversations About America's Home Affordability Crisis
Every episode, Jay Knight brings together residential developers, builders, elected officials, engineers, attorneys, and housing advocates to tackle the issues driving America's home affordability crisis — and find real, market-based solutions. No politics. No subsidies. Just straight talk from the people who build America's homes.
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Jay Knight is the Voice America Needs for Affordable Housing Solutions
What Build Baby Build is about —
There are hurdles to builders' ability to build affordable homes. Build Baby Build is committed to revealing those hurdles — and exploring the market-based and legislative solutions that can overcome them.
Each episode features guests from across the residential industry — developers, homebuilders, mortgage experts, engineers, elected officials, and policy advocates — who bring real-world experience to the most pressing questions in housing today. Jay doesn't interview academics or theorists. He talks to the people in the dirt, in the boardroom, and at the state capitol who are actually solving the problem.
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Featured Episodes
Statewide Permit Reform:
A How-To Guide
Senator Clint Dixon joins Jay to discuss the passage of Senate Bill 447 — the landmark land disturbance permit reform signed into Georgia law in May 2026 — and how the bill impacts home buyers and industry professionals across the state.
Statewide Permit Reform:
A How-To Guide for Residential Professionals to be elected to office
Residential developer and State Senator Clint Dixon joins Jay to discuss his path to state office and the good work that can be done from that platform on behalf of affordable homebuilding.
GRLDC —
What Is It and Why Is It Necessary
Neil Koelbl joins Jay to discuss the goals of the Georgia Residential Land Development Council and why its work on market and legislative solutions to the affordability crisis matters for every builder and developer in Georgia.
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ALL EPISODES
Build Baby Build There are hurdles to builders' ability to build affordable homes. Build Baby Build is committed to revealing those hurdles and exploring various ways they can be overcome.
- A How To Guide For Residential Professionals To Be Elected To Office
by Build Baby Build on May 8, 2026In this episode of Build Baby Build, residential developer and State Senator, Clint Dixon, joins Jay to discuss his rise to state office and the good work that […]
- Statewide Permit Reform, A How To Guideby Build Baby Build on May 8, 2026
Senator Clint Dixon joins Jay to discuss the passage of Senate Bill 447 and how the bill impacts home buyers and industry professionals.
- Affordable Homes: What are they, what can they be?by Build Baby Build on January 16, 2026
Affordable Housing. What is it and what can it be? On this episode of Build Baby Build, Taylor and John Knight join Jay to discuss how they are addressing the […]
- Do New Developments Harm The Value Of Existing Neighborhoods?by Build Baby Build on November 21, 2025
Long time appraiser, Tommy Statham, joins Jay to discuss the impact new development has on the value of neighboring communities.
- 50 Year Mortgages: The Good, The Bad, The Truthby Build Baby Build on November 21, 2025
Mortgage expert, Lance Alexander, and sales expert, Biff Driver, join Jay to discuss the pros and cons of 50 year mortgages
- Is Home Ownership Important?by Build Baby Build on November 7, 2025
Industry Leader, Neil Koelbl joins Jay to discuss barriers to home ownership. Together they flesh out the issue and discuss solutions.
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Built on Experience. Driven by Solutions.
Jay Knight has spent nearly five decades on the front lines of American homebuilding — and he brings that same depth of experience to every speaking engagement. If your organization is working on the housing affordability problem and needs a speaker who has actually built 15,000 homes and fought for reform at the state capitol, Jay is available for industry conferences, association meetings, and legislative briefings.
