This prefab homebuilder is moving from tiny ADUs to small-scale starter homes

Samara, the prefab homebuilder cofounded by Airbnb’s Joe Gebbia, is developing single family homes with a small footprint to meet Californians’ housing needs—and budgets. Samara, the prefabricated homebuilder that was created to chip away at California’s housing shortage with well-designed accessory dwelling units (ADUs), is sizing up. But not too much.