ABC/Craig SjodinPharrell Williams is helping youth across the country learn through his From One Hand To AnOTHER educational foundation, and now he’s involved in providing housing for the poor.
The 13-time Grammy winner has won an award for his concept for affordable housing from the XPRIZE non-profit foundation.
“Public housing is considered ‘the hood,’ but people living in these places aren’t treated like neighbors. We need something different; we need something better,” Williams says.
“I am the product of the public housing system and access to a safe place to live is a basic human right and an essential element of productivity,” says the 46-year