Dr. Jess Steele, founder of Hastings Commons, has invested £85,000 of her own money to tackle the housing crisis in Hastings, England. Her community group has transformed derelict office buildings into affordable homes, with a recent grant of £1.5 million to create more units in an abandoned publishing house. Steele’s project aims to cap rents and support local residents, responding to the gentrification threat as the town struggles with a severe housing shortage and high poverty rates. The initiative highlights the need for community-led solutions to the national housing crisis.