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Our support for the Haitian community

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Airbnb and Airbnb.org are honored to be able to support partners on the ground who are helping Haitian asylum seekers at the southern US border.

Airbnb.org support through its network of partners 

Airbnb.org partner, World Central Kitchen, has been active at the US-Mexico border and used Airbnb.org funds to house responders who mobilized to help feed the thousands of Haitian migrants. Airbnb.org has also offered support to existing partner organizations including the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), HIAS and Church World Service that are serving migrants in both Mexico and the United States. 

This work is in addition to Airbnb.org’s ongoing support of the Haitian community. When the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in August, Airbnb.org focused on supporting both local and longtime partners engaged in emergency response efforts on the ground. To date, organizations such as IFRC, CORE and Operation Blessing have used Airbnb.org funding to book places to stay for their first responders. The accommodations make it easier for responders to coordinate their work on the ground while directly providing critical income to hosts who have been economically impacted in the region. 

The support of partner organizations working in Haiti and the southern US border is part of Airbnb.org’s diversity, equity and inclusion commitments to work with organizations that provide help to individuals from marginalized communities. 

As part of our commitment to the Haitian community, we are also making a contribution to Haitian Bridge Alliance as they continue to provide legal and humanitarian resources to Haitian migrants following their trip to Del Rio. In addition to supporting their critical work, we will also host a conversation with leaders from Haitian Bridge Alliance and Airbnb employees so our team can learn more about the humanitarian crises facing Haitians, including migrants and asylum seekers. 

Moving forward, Airbnb and Airbnb.org will continue to work with partners on the ground in Haiti, Texas and Latin America to offer our support and commitment to the Haitian community.

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4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals across over 220 countries and regions. Travel on Airbnb keeps more of the financial benefits of tourism with the people and places that make it happen. Airbnb has generated billions of dollars in earnings for Hosts, most of whom are individuals listing the homes in which they live. Among Hosts who report their gender, more than half are women, and one in five employed Hosts are either teachers or healthcare workers. Travel on Airbnb also has generated more than $4 billion in tax revenue around the world. Airbnb has helped advance more than 1,000 regulatory frameworks for short-term rentals, including in 80% of our top 200 geographies. In late 2020, to support our continued expansion and diversification, we launched the City Portal to provide governments with a one-stop shop that supports data sharing and compliance with local registration rules. We continue to invest in innovations and tools to support our ongoing work with governments around the world to advance travel that best serves communities.

About Airbnb.org

Airbnb.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating temporary stays for people in times of crisis around the world. Airbnb.org operates independently and leverages Airbnb, Inc.’s technology, services, and other resources at no charge to carry out Airbnb.org’s charitable purpose. The inspiration for Airbnb.org began in 2012 with a single host named Shell who opened up her home to people impacted by Hurricane Sandy. This sparked a movement and marked the beginning of a program that allows Hosts on Airbnb to provide stays for people in times of need. Since then, the program has evolved to focus on emergency response and to help provide stays to evacuees, relief workers, refugees, asylum seekers, and frontline workers fighting the spread of COVID-19. Since then, Hosts have offered to open up their homes and helped provide accommodations to 100,000 people in times of need. Airbnb.org is a separate and independent entity from Airbnb, Inc. Airbnb, Inc. does not charge service fees for Airbnb.org supported stays on its platform.

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