High-performance storage facilities must be available to allow performant usage of green hydrogen as energy carrier. Solid-state storage via metal hydrides does have great potential in this regard. One promising hydride forming material is the intermetallic FeTi. Obstacles against its implementation that need to be surmounted include slow kinetics, insufficient stability, and the requirement of a harsh activation treatment. The goal of this investigation is to tackle these problems by preparing a porous metal hydride - polymer hybrid material. FeTi was prepared by arc melting and subsequently crushed and ball milled. The obtained powder was blended with varying amounts of immiscible sacrificial phase (e.g., Cu) and refined to a nanostructured condition using high-pressure torsion at ambient or elevated temperatures up to 400°C. The sacrificial phase was subsequently removed selectively by wet-chemical dissolution. The result was a porous structure with a high surface area beneficial for hydrogen absorption. Further developments include infiltration of the pores with a polymer filler, selectively permeable to hydrogen gas, that provides mechanical stability. The final hybrid material, as well as all intermediate stages, are structurally characterized at the micro- and nanoscale by diffraction methods and electron microscopy and the hydrogen absorption and desorption is evaluated. The obtained extensive knowledge about chemistry, phase composition, morphology, micro- and nanostructure can be interpreted and its interplay with the storage properties of the material system are revealed.