Billionaire MacKenzie Scott gives $436m for US affordable housing

Scott, who was formerly married to Jeff Bezos, is part of group of billionaires promising to donate more than half their wealth

MacKenzie Scott has donated $436m to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its US affiliates, the largest publicly disclosed donation from the billionaire philanthropist since she promised in 2019 to give away most of her wealth.

We could not be more excited to get the gift at a time when, in some ways, the state of housing affordability is the worst that it has been in modern times," said Jonathan Reckford, chief executive of Habitat for Humanity International.