NWHM The New Home Company Inc

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).         
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES                                                                                   
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Neff Douglas C	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol New Home Co Inc. [ NWHM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)    __X__ Other (specify below) See "Remarks" below.
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O THE NEW HOME COMPANY INC., 85 ENTERPRISE, SUITE 450	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/9/2020
(Street) ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	6/9/2020		A		16759 (1)	A	$0	29802	D
Common Stock								2442901	I	By IHP Capital Partners VI, LLC (2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Represents restricted stock units which vest on the earlier of the (i) first anniversary of the grant date and (ii) the date of next annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service with the Issuer through the applicable vesting date. The restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
(2)	The shares are owned directly by IHP Capital Partners VI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("IHP VI LLC"), and indirectly by Douglas C. Neff, who is the president of IHP Capital Partners, a California corporation, which is the General Partner of Institutional Housing Partners VI L.P., a California limited partnership, which is the manager of IHP VI LLC. Mr. Neff disclaims ownership of these shares except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks: IHP VI LLC is a party to an Investor Rights Agreement dated February 5, 2014 and amended on May 22, 2018 and May 6, 2020 (as amended, the "IRA"). The current parties to the IRA are IHP VI LLC, Joseph Davis, Wayne Stelmar and H. Lawrence Webb (collectively, "Group Members"). The original IRA was filed as Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, the amendment was filed as Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 22, 2018, and the second amendment was filed as Exhibit 4.4 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 8, 2020. Pursuant to the IRA, IHP VI LLC has the right to designate a director for nomination and each of the Group Members has agreed to vote in favor of particular nominees as described in such IRA. The Reporting Person may be deemed to have shared voting power over the shares owned by the other Group Members. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the other Group Members and has no pecuniary interest in the shares held by the other Group Members.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Neff Douglas C C/O THE NEW HOME COMPANY INC. 85 ENTERPRISE, SUITE 450 ALISO VIEJO, CA 92656	X	X		See "Remarks" below.

Signatures
/s/ Miek Harbur, Attorney-in-Fact for Douglas C. Neff		6/11/2020
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date