Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
John Martin Stephens

With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by The New
Home Company Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be
amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1. prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule
or regulation of the SEC;

2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may
be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition,
or disposition of the securities of the Company;

3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
or other form or report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in the
discretion of such attorney-in-fact.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 26th day of February, 2020.


/s/ John Martin Stephens
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John Martin Stephens





Schedule A
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Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution and
Resubstitution

1.  Miek Harbur, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
2.  John Stephens, EVP and Chief Financial Officer
3.  Bryan Kakimoto, Vice President, Corporate Controller
4.  Kara Burns, Vice President, External Reporting
5.  Mark Kawanami, Senior Vice President








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