Bree Jones

Equitable housing developer

TED Fellow Bree Jones is an equitable housing developer.

Why you should listen

Bree Jones is the founder of Parity, an equitable development company building social movements to revitalize neighborhoods experiencing hyper-vacancy and abandonment. Jones is contributing to the growth of undervalued neighborhoods through a community ownership model aimed at healing place-based trauma.

Bree Jones’ TED Talk

Bree Jones
How to revitalize a neighborhood -- without gentrification
6 minutes 10 seconds
The housing market can be vexing: while some neighborhoods get ridiculously expensive and price out longtime residents, others have historic homes sitting vacant without demand. Equitable housing developer and TED Fellow Bree Jones shares how she found a way to revitalize neighborhoods experiencing hyper-vacancy while preventing gentrification -- supporting home buyers and transforming communities along the way.
Posted Sep 2022

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The TED Fellows program is built around a deep belief in and commitment to socially engaged innovation and human ingenuity. The mission: to shift the balance of power by supporting whole individuals, both personally and professionally. At Session 1 of TED Fellows talks at TED2022, 11 speakers and two performers shared world-changing ideas and innovations […]
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Bree Jones

Why you should listen

Bree Jones’ TED Talk

More news and ideas from Bree Jones

A New Era: Notes from Session 1 of TED Fellows Talks at TED2022