Ep 031: Bettering Communities through the Power of Homeownership (with Matthew Marshall, Co-founder & CIO of New Story)
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New Story, a nonprofit tackling homelessness through proven, sustainable, and scalable models, has built an impressive 3,380 homes, impacting 15,200+ people across 4 countries. In this Clear to Close podcast episode, we sit down with Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer Matthew Marshall to talk through how New Story got started, the outside-the-box ways it’s tackling homeownership accessibility at scale, and the important lessons we can learn from its innovative approaches.
Tune into this episode to learn:
- Why the New Story founders decided to focus on homeownership—and the powerful benefits homeownership instills in individuals, families, and communities
- The three subsystems Matthew and his team focus on to create change: financial systems, land development, and home production innovation
- What’s unique about the way New Story approaches homeownership
- The ways U.S. lenders, home builders, and communities need to shift to improve access to affordable housing
- How New Story plans to approach its audacious goal of facilitating 1 million houses by 2030
Learn how to get involved with New Story:
- New Story website
- New Story video
- To learn more about New Story’s project in San Vicente, El Salvador, where they’re looking to build 60 more homes by the end of the year for families on the brink of losing their makeshift shelters, read the blog here and watch this video highlighting the community
- Reach out to Danielle Armour at danielle@newstorycharity.org for more information on partnership