Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 28, 2021, Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company") filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") under its universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-255388) filed by the Company with the SEC on April 20, 2021, as pre-effectively amended by that certain Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 filed by the Company with the SEC on November 18, 2021 and declared effective by the SEC on November 22, 2021 (the "Current Registration Statement").

Pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement, the Company may issue, from time to time, (a) up to 160,000 shares of the Company's Series T Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series T Preferred Stock") issuable from time to time in payment of the annual stock dividends to holders of shares of Series T Preferred Stock (each, an "Annual Series T Stock Dividend") previously issued pursuant to the Company's continuous offering and sale thereof in takedowns under its registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-224990); and (b) up to 7,200,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") issuable from time to time upon exercise of the warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock ("Warrants") previously issued pursuant to the Company's continuous offering and sale of its 6.0% Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Warrants in takedowns under the Company's registration statements on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-200359, Registration Statement No. 333-208956, and Registration Statement No. 333-224990).

The Series T Preferred Stock and the Class A Common Stock are registered with the SEC pursuant to the Current Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and will be offered and sold pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement dated December 28, 2021 and the base prospectus dated November 22, 2021 relating to the Current Registration Statement.

The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide (i) the opinion of Venable LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Series T Preferred Stock and the Class A Common Stock, which opinion is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto, and (ii) the opinion of Vinson & Elkins LLP with respect to tax matters concerning the Series T Preferred Stock and the Class A Common Stock, which opinion is attached as Exhibit 8.1 hereto.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






 (d) Exhibits.




Exhibit No.   Description
  5.1           Opinion of Venable LLP
  8.1           Opinion of Vinson & Elkins LLP
104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL)

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