Before they met, both James Stallworth and Christina Lennox knew they wanted to make housing affordable. Each co-founder had individually experienced housing insecurity, giving them a personal attachment to the problem. On the other hand, Lennox had been a landlord, so she knew what being on the other side was like. Both co-founders had spent time individually brainstorming ways to address the problem. Together, they are uniquely positioned to tackle housing, bringing a nuanced perspective that can make a solution to the problem a reality.

The result of them coming together is Brownstone. Brownstone is on a mission to make housing affordable through pods, which are living spaces meant to replace the traditional single-family home, hotel, Airbnb, or any other type of living arrangement. Because Brownstone’s pods are technically just furniture and not actual modifications to a house, its houses don’t require many of the permits otherwise needed to privately accommodate each of its individual tenants. While it’s not the first to adopt a pod design, its pod designs and targeted communities come with a lot of thoughtful consideration following personal experience. Moreover, the founders truly believe in what they do, having directly lived in the pods and spoken to other tenants. Given the company’s strong founder-market fit, it’s possible we see a world where anyone looking for housing can live in a Brownstone. 

 

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