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Airbnb.org’s first affect report gives an summary of the group’s work over the previous three years.
Since its launch in December 2020, Airbnb.org has supplied over 1.4 million nights of free, emergency stays for greater than 220,000 folks.

Airbnb.org is proud to share its first-ever affect report, which gives an summary of the group’s work since its launch in December 2020.

Airbnb.org was based as an unbiased nonprofit to assist join folks impacted by pure disasters and different large-scale crises to free, momentary stays. The inspiration for Airbnb.org began with Airbnb Host, Shell, who opened her Brooklyn dwelling to folks impacted by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and impressed hundreds of Hosts to comply with swimsuit. In simply three years, Airbnb.org has supplied over 1.4 million nights of free, momentary housing to greater than 220,000 folks1.

None of this may be doable with out the help of Airbnb.org’s world group of Hosts, nonprofit organizations, and donors, who’ve proven unwavering dedication to Airbnb.org’s work and mission.

Scaling help for refugees

In recent times, Airbnb.org has considerably expanded its efforts to assist refugees displaced by humanitarian crises. Working with organizations around the globe, Airbnb.org has related practically 200,000 refugees and asylum seekers to free, momentary stays, together with refugees from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, and Venezuela, amongst different nations.

To mark World Refugee Day this yr, Airbnb.org launched a $2 million Sponsorship Initiative to additional its help for refugees and asylum seekers getting into the US. Sponsors present emotional and monetary help to newcomers and assist them alter to life of their new group, however figuring out housing is commonly a problem. Airbnb.org’s Sponsorship Initiative helps handle this barrier by offering grants for housing help to pick refugee-focused nonprofit organizations that join newcomers with sponsors within the US.

Welcoming folks within the wake of catastrophe

In 2023, Airbnb.org additionally continued to supply emergency housing to these affected by pure disasters, together with hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and fires.

After a collection of earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, Airbnb.org teamed up with organizations like GOAL to supply momentary stays for first responders and reduction employees who led search-and-rescue operations and helped survivors. Airbnb.org helped join greater than 1,600 displaced people and first responders to emergency stays, together with first responders Zehra and Souhel who additionally misplaced their dwelling within the quakes2.

It gave us the room to come back again to ourselves and take into consideration what’s going to occur subsequent. Zehra, Airbnb.org visitor, Türkiye

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Airbnb.org once more stepped as much as supply help when wildfires devastated Maui. In collaboration with Hawaiʻi Governor Josh Inexperienced, Maui Speedy Response, International Empowerment Mission (GEM), and different nonprofit organizations, Airbnb.org dedicated to offering free, emergency stays for greater than 1,000 folks displaced by the wildfires. Lower than a month later, Airbnb.org met its objective and has related greater than 1,800 folks to momentary housing3.

Trying forward

As Airbnb.org enters its fourth yr, the group continues to innovate and develop by studying from every disaster response. Airbnb.org stays deeply dedicated to bringing Hosts and friends collectively in instances of disaster and strengthening communities around the globe.

Study extra about Airbnb.org’s work by studying their 2023 affect report.

1., 2., 3. In accordance with Airbnb.org information by means of September 30, 2023

About Airbnb

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three friends to their San Francisco dwelling, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who’ve welcomed greater than 1 billion visitor arrivals throughout over 220 nations and areas. Journey on Airbnb retains extra of the monetary advantages of tourism with the folks and locations that make it occur. Airbnb has generated billions of {dollars} in earnings for Hosts, most of whom are people itemizing the houses wherein they dwell. Amongst Hosts who report their gender, greater than half are ladies, and one in 5 employed Hosts are both lecturers or healthcare employees. Journey on Airbnb additionally has generated greater than $4 billion in tax income around the globe. Airbnb has helped advance greater than 1,000 regulatory frameworks for short-term leases, together with in 80% of our prime 200 geographies. In late 2020, to help our continued growth and diversification, we launched the Metropolis Portal to supply governments with a one-stop store that helps information sharing and compliance with native registration guidelines. We proceed to put money into improvements and instruments to help our ongoing work with governments around the globe to advance journey that greatest serves communities.

About Airbnb.org

Airbnb.org is a nonprofit group devoted to facilitating momentary stays for folks in instances of disaster around the globe. Airbnb.org operates independently and leverages Airbnb, Inc.’s expertise, companies, and different assets at no cost to hold out Airbnb.org’s charitable objective. The inspiration for Airbnb.org started in 2012 with a single host named Shell who opened up her dwelling to folks impacted by Hurricane Sandy. This sparked a motion and marked the start of a program that permits Hosts on Airbnb to supply stays for folks in instances of want. Since then, this system has advanced to deal with emergency response and to assist present stays to evacuees, reduction employees, refugees, asylum seekers, and frontline employees combating the unfold of COVID-19. Since then, Hosts have provided to open up their houses and helped present lodging to 100,000 folks in instances of want. Airbnb.org is a separate and unbiased entity from Airbnb, Inc. Airbnb, Inc. doesn’t cost service charges for Airbnb.org supported stays on its platform.

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