Economic Architecture The Podcast

In this week’s episode, Vernon Jay, Founder and CEO of Equity Platforms Inc., shares his innovative approach to developing community housing. By using a new technology model to improve financial access for investors, Vernon Jay is not only democratizing real estate investing, but also scaling solutions. By solving a historic systemic barrier to property ownership in the United States, Vernon seeks to rectify financial gatekeeping through a unique application of technology.

Host Stuart Yasgur and Vernon Jay, one of our spotlight innovators on valuing homes in black communities, discuss the potential for new financial models to improve investor access to capital, ways to rethink community housing development to serve the local population, and why the greatest innovations often begin with the need to solve a personal challenge.

Learn more about Vernon Jay: https://economicarchitectureproject.org/2025/10/17/equityshare-turning-neighborhoods-into-community-owned-assets-for-building-local-wealth/