Airbnb Encourages More Generosity with Disaster Response Tool for Emergency Housing

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Airbnb hosts were able to provide over 1,400 free or discounted properties as emergency housing to survivors. Since then Airbnb has been working on building the infrastructure to make disaster relief a natural part of the Airbnb community.

With the new Disaster Reponse Tool, Airbnb has teamed up with IDEO and San Francisco Department of Emergency Management to organize local residents who want to offer shelter in place while letting existing hosts provide shelter free of charge.

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