The housing crisis requires smart solutions families want and can afford.

About 1.8 billion people live without adequate housing. We’re in a global housing crisis — and it’s keeping millions of families, especially women and kids, from reaching their full potential.

We're on a mission to change this story by bringing market-based solutions to those who need them most. Our strategy focuses on making land accessible for families in Latin America so they can buy property, build creditworthiness, and unlock home financing.

Families are no longer charitable beneficiaries — they’re participants in their journey out of poverty and into housing.

How we work

In the press

Growing net worth

When low-income families can secure land, their net worth grows with time. In Etzatlán, Mexico, families who purchased land increased their net worth 2x over four years.

Our solutions

Not your traditional charity

We empower vulnerable families to become active participants in a market where they can access and afford quality housing.

Builds homes

Building an inclusive housing market

Addresses the symptoms of homelessness

Addressing causes of the housing deficit

Fully dependent on donations

Partnering with philanthropists and the market

Gives homes to low-income families

Creating affordable, scalable opportunities for low-income families to access adequate housing

Creates linear impact

Creating exponential impact

Bringing market-based solutions to those who need them most.

Our financially sustainable model enables low-income families to access land and housing credit at their income levels. And since we fund the work by blending philanthropy and impact investment, your gift goes further to impact more families.

Smart Solutions

We invest capital and our team’s expertise into models that support low-income families on their journey to secure land + housing.

Affordable Financing

We build bridges between market players and families to access financing that is affordable and profitable for providers.

Innovation

We bring tech and innovation to the market to increase the efficiency while decreasing the costs for land and housing solutions.

See how it works

Our solutions

Smart solutions

Doing things differently is in our DNA.

As one of the first nonprofits to graduate from Y Combinator, we bring innovative solutions to one of the world’s biggest problems.

Our impact

Named one of the “world’s most innovative companies” four times by Fast Company.

A Case Study: Empowering Women in Mexico

In Etzatlán, Mexico, we helped 941 low-income families become first-time landowners. Women make up 60% of these households, which is 32% higher than the national average. When women own property, they increase their physical and financial security.

See the case study