Earlier this month, Airbnb.org, a nonprofit based by Airbnb, partnered with 211 LA to supply free emergency housing for individuals displaced by the fires. Inside 48 hours of launching, 211 LA obtained greater than ten thousand functions from Angelenos.
In gentle of the overwhelming demand for housing help, Airbnb.org committed to offering emergency housing for at the least 25,000 individuals impacted by the fires. To this point, greater than 17,000 individuals in Los Angeles have booked over 63,000 nights of free stays on Airbnb. Airbnb waives all service charges on Airbnb.org stays.
“My household and I didn’t simply lose our residence within the Eaton fires. We misplaced our sense of stability, neighborhood, help and security. We all know there’s an extended highway to permanency forward, however the housing help we’ve obtained from Airbnb.org, 211 LA, and different beneficiant donors has allowed us to catch our breath so we are able to give attention to rebuilding our lives.”
Eshele Williams, PsyD, LMFT, Altadena resident who misplaced her residence within the fires and booked a free keep by Airbnb.org
“The uncertainty and upheaval following the Eaton Fireplace has been a trauma in itself, rivaling the horror and loss from the precise fireplace. Within the seek for a extra everlasting housing answer, the help from Airbnb.org is a godsend, giving my household a while and house to assume extra clearly about our subsequent steps in life.”
Kevin Cooley, Altadena resident (pictured above) who misplaced his residence within the fires and booked a free keep by Airbnb.org
“We stood up this program with Airbnb.org inside hours after the fires broke out in Los Angeles, and I’m proud that we’ve turn into a essential useful resource for 1000’s of Angelenos who had been compelled from their properties. We’ll proceed to associate with Airbnb.org to make sure our Los Angeles households have a secure place to remain.”
Maribel Marin, Govt Director, 211 LA
With 1000’s of individuals nonetheless in want of emergency housing, Airbnb.org is dedicated to funding 100,000 free nights of emergency housing, together with extending stays for survivors who misplaced their properties. In whole, Airbnb and Airbnb.org have dedicated over $26 million towards emergency housing efforts in Los Angeles.
How the partnership between Airbnb.org and 211 LA works
Airbnb.org has offered over 1.6 million nights of emergency stays for greater than 250,000 individuals, together with refugees and folks displaced by pure disasters. Throughout every response, Airbnb.org companions with native nonprofits with a eager understanding of the wants on the bottom to assist determine these in want of emergency housing.
In Los Angeles, 211 LA helps determine these impacted by the fires who’re most in want of housing help. Eligible company then obtain Airbnb.org credit that they’ll use to guide a free keep on Airbnb.
Airbnb.org takes a lot of steps to stop fraudulent habits, together with setting a seven-day expiration on credit issued. If credit aren’t used, Airbnb.org directs them to help extra individuals or lengthen stays for individuals who misplaced their properties within the fires. Folks with expired credit can attain out to Airbnb.org buyer help who can lengthen the credit score expiration date or apply the credit score to an present keep, which Airbnb.org has already completed for 170 households in Los Angeles.
Different steps Airbnb has taken to help the Los Angeles neighborhood
Airbnb has additionally committed to serving to hosts in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties to adjust to the California Legal professional Normal’s consumer alert to stop excessive value will increase. Hosts who try to lift costs by greater than 10 % from their pre-emergency pricing construction will as a substitute obtain an error message. We’re sending communications to Airbnb hosts to remind them of the patron alert.
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