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A home. A neighborhood. A part in what comes next.

A good place to live gives you room to be yourself and people to build a life alongside. Built By DAO brings housing, shared spaces and community ownership into the same picture.

Young neighbors arranging a shared brick courtyard.

What makes a place feel like yours?

More than what is inside the front door.

Space for your own life.

A home should support everyday routines: resting, working, cooking and making room for the people you care about.

People close enough to know.

Shared spaces make it easier to meet, exchange skills and turn familiar faces into neighbors.

A reason to invest yourself.

The community ownership model connects the future of a place to the people who live in and care for it.

Young adults planning a neighborhood project outside a brick workshop.

Build a life around it

A neighborhood has a life between its buildings.

A shared meal. A workshop. Someone who knows how to fix it. Somewhere your next idea can begin.

Our approach puts homes alongside the spaces that help a neighborhood thrive: places to learn, make, work and spend time together. Housing becomes part of a local economy people can participate in.

Explore what we build

Understand the model

Get to know the place and your part in it.

Housing with a longer view.

The ambition is a path from simply paying for a place to having a meaningful stake in its future. The housing agreement and the ownership structure define how that works for each project.

See how the pieces connect

Choose how you take part.

You might bring a practical skill, an idea for a shared space or an interest in helping shape the neighborhood. Explore the contributor path if you want to help create the places you hope to live in.

Find your way to contribute

Built by people. Built to last.

Where do you want to put down roots?

Tell us where you want to live and what matters to you in a home and a neighborhood.

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