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Airbnb Says Every Booking Will Now Help Fund Free Emergency Housing for People in Crisis

Every Airbnb stay will now help fund free housing for people displaced by disasters, conflict and other crises around the world.

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The Airbnb tourist rental platform announced Wednesday that it will retain 10 cents of the income generated by each reserve to finance its emergency accommodation association, without increasing the price for travelers.

Exclusively for "Paris Match", Brian Chesky, the boss and co-founder of the platform created in 2008, announces that the Airbnb.org association will spend $500 million over five years on housing for people in distress. Interview.

A person traveling to a big city to accompany a cancer relative or a rescuer who travels to attend an emergency may need a place to stay for several days. For some people, covering the cost of accommodation represents an additional difficulty in the midst of a complicated situation. Airbnb announced a [...]

The Airbnb platform announced on Wednesday that it will allocate 10 cents of its income for each stay to Airbnb.org, as part of a funding model with which it plans to contribute $500 million over five years to provide free temporary accommodation to people in crisis situations. “Fourteen years ago, after Hurricane Sandy, [...] The post Free accommodation in crisis situations: Airbnb’s new goal appeared first on Newspaper La Perla.

Airbnb will now pay ten cents per stay reserved for Airbnb.org, its emergency accommodation association. The goal is to raise $500 million over five years to offer a million free nights per year to disaster victims around the world.

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El Economista broke the news in Mexico City, Mexico on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
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