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Samara and Steadfast LA’s wildfire recovery initiative

Samara and Steadfast LA’s wildfire recovery initiative

Press highlights

Samara and Steadfast LA’s wildfire recovery initiative in the news:

This nonprofit will deliver free homes to L.A. fire victims

Prefab builder offers free homes to wildfire victims after $15 million donation

Los Angeles Daily News

Airbnb Co-Founder Is Donating $15 Million to Build Prefab Homes for L.A. Fire Victims

Caruso-backed nonprofit partners with builder to give prefab homes to fire victims

Los Angeles Times

Rick Caruso nonprofit plans 80 to 100 modular homes for those most impacted by wildfires

ABC 7 Los Angeles

Rick Caruso’s organization offering new homes to wildfire victims

FOX 11 Los Angeles

Airbnb Billionaire Offers Pre-Fab Homes for LA Fire Victims

Caruso nonprofit to provide free pre-fab homes in LA County

Learn about our fire recovery efforts

We’ve been featured in:

CNBC

Fast Company

Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal

Wallpaper

TIME names Samara’s Backyard a Best Invention of 2024

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TIME names Samara’s Backyard a Best Invention of 2024

October 30, 2024

Recent video features

Watch Samara co-founders Mike McNamara and Joe Gebbia on CNBC’s Squawk Box

Squawk Box on CNBC

Watch Samara co-founders Mike McNamara and Joe Gebbia on CNBC’s Squawk Box

Co-founders Mike McNamara and Joe Gebbia discuss Samara on Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria

Fox Business: Mornings with Maria

Co-founders Mike McNamara and Joe Gebbia discuss Samara on Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria

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Andrew Ross Sorkin, Squawk Box on CNBC

“It really is the Tesla or Apple of housing.”

There’s more to love with Backyard XL 10

Update

There’s more to love with Backyard XL 10

August 01, 2024

Samara Launches Proprietary Financing Product to Bring More Space to Millions of Homeowners

Press Release

Samara Launches Proprietary Financing Product to Bring More Space to Millions of Homeowners

Introducing Backyard XL 8

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Introducing Backyard XL 8

Wallpaper

This flexible, customisable garden dwelling by Samara brings functionality to outside space

November 20, 2022

Insider

An Airbnb cofounder’s new startup is building $289,000 prefab tiny homes that can be set up in a few hours

November 16, 2022

Time Out

The co-founder of Airbnb is now making backyard tiny homes

November 21, 2022

Samara Acquires Factory to Scale Manufacturing of Backyard as Demand for ADUs Soars in California

Press Release

Samara Acquires Factory to Scale Manufacturing of Backyard as Demand for ADUs Soars in California

February 29, 2024

Samara raises $41 million to bring high quality ADUs to every backyard in California and beyond

Update

Samara raises $41 million to bring high quality ADUs to every backyard in California and beyond

October 30, 2023

New York: Curbed

Airbnb’s Co-Founder Is Building ADUs That Would Make Great Airbnbs

November 17, 2022

Archinect

Airbnb co-founder’s startup Samara unveils 'Backyard,' its first ADU model for California

November 16, 2022

DesignBoom

Samara’s flexible solar-powered unit unlocks the full potential of your backyard

November 14, 2022

Airbnb Co-founder’s New Business Is Building Small Homes in Backyards

Wall Street Journal

Airbnb Co-founder’s New Business Is Building Small Homes in Backyards

November 14, 2022

Inside an Airbnb cofounder’s latest venture: Building tiny backyard homes

Fast Company

Inside an Airbnb cofounder’s latest venture: Building tiny backyard homes

November 14, 2022

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