Developer Rick Caruso’s non-profit organization, Steadfast L.A., is introducing free prefabricated homes for people to live in on their property in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena, and Pasadena if they cannot yet afford to rebuild.
In a press statement, Steadfast L.A. said that it “is partnering with CA-based company Samara to donate high-quality, prefab, small homes for people who face devastating circumstances after the wildfires.” The homes are “designed to allow homeowners who lost everything to remain in their communities at no cost.” Funding will come from the Caruso Family Foundation, as well as from Samara and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, who will donate $15 million.
The homes feature two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and resemble the postwar bungalows that were originally used to build much of the Pacific Palisades in the mid-20th century, before homeowners could afford to build larger ones.
As Breitbart News reported last month, Caruso formed Steadfast L.A. to bring the private sector into the rebuilding process in Pacific Palisades, and to oppose the imposition of so-called “affordable housing” by the city and the state…