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"I am so happy that all the people came through to help, because it's going to help the future of the original people that started [the St. John community]."
Thelma Williams, "Grandma Wisdom," has lived in Austin's St. John neighborhood her whole life. Here's how a lot that sat empty for nearly 20 years is becoming 201 income- and rent-restricted homes. 🧵
That's the gap our $6.4M investment is helping to close. Short-term rentals aren't permitted in these homes. This is about housing supply, not Airbnb supply.
St. John is exactly what we're looking for: a project a community already fought for, one check away from getting built.
Know another? airbnb.com/housing
Does Airbnb cause the housing crisis? It’s the question we get the most, so we put it to @DanielZHornung, who leads Airbnb's Housing Accelerator, and let him answer it in full.
Airbnb Public Policy retweeted
The Airbnb Housing Accelerator is excited to announce a donation to the MA 'Yes on 7' Legalize Starter Homes campaign. This reform will allow more starter homes to be built in more places by reducing overly restrictive minimum lot size requirements.
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Austin has shown before that the answer to rising rents is building more housing. Construction costs are going up, which is making building harder. Rents are starting to rise again.
This is why we launched the Airbnb Housing Accelerator. More supply is the answer, and we’re helping build it. Starting in Austin.
The world is changing fast.
Apartment rents in Austin are rising again (barely) for the first time since early 2023.
Austin was the poster child for the apartment supply boom, pushing down rents for 41 straight months. But construction has rapidly tapered off, vacancies are gradually leasing up, and rents are starting to tick back upward.
Not a boom (yet?), but an inflection point.
Rent is eating people's paychecks. Owning a home feels out of reach.
The main reason isn't complicated: the U.S. is millions of homes short.
We asked @DanielZHornung, who leads the Airbnb Housing Accelerator: why believe a travel company can help solve the housing crisis?
More on what the Housing Accelerator does, how we're backing smart reform, and where the first homes are going up: airbnb.com/housing
Airbnb Public Policy retweeted
We launched the Airbnb Housing Accelerator last week, with an investment in an Austin housing development. Now, we are donating $1M to pass Prop 1, CA's housing bond measure. Building housing requires better policy & more investment: we're pushing for both news.airbnb.com/airbnb-contr…
"We are in our mid-60s and we care for our 90-year-old mothers. Airbnb allows us to generate income while maintaining the flexibility that our family situation requires." - Agustín, Airbnb host
New USHCC research: 84% of US Latino adults say flexible income helps families manage rising living costs. 76% see hosting as a practical way to supplement household income.
Financial security can take many forms. For US Latino families, hosting is one of them.
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"Estamos a mitad de nuestros 60 años y cuidamos de nuestras madres de 90 años. Airbnb nos permite generar ingresos manteniendo la flexibilidad que requiere nuestra situación familiar." - Agustín, anfitrión de Airbnb
Nueva investigación de la USHCC: El 84% de los adultos latinos en EE. UU. dice que los ingresos flexibles ayudan a las familias a gestionar el aumento del costo de vida. El 76% ve el hospedaje como una forma práctica de complementar los ingresos del hogar.
La seguridad financiera puede tomar muchas formas. Para las familias latinas en EE. UU., ser anfitrión es una de ellas.
latinowealth.com/business/sh…
More on what the Housing Accelerator does, how we're backing smart reform, and where the first homes are going up: airbnb.com/housing
Airbnb Public Policy retweeted
Farmers offering on-site vacation rentals, turning to tourism to combat rising costs of agricultural operations trib.al/KyshufC
In 2024, the median small farm lost roughly ~$2,800.
Last year, the typical farm stay host on Airbnb earned ~$8,000.
That gap is why we're partnering with American Farmland Trust to offer farmers up to $10,000 to start or expand a farm stay.
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Rent is eating people’s paychecks and owning a home feels out of reach.
The biggest driver is decades of underbuilding. The U.S. is short at least 5 million homes.
We asked @DanielZHornung, who leads our Housing Accelerator, why a travel company is putting $250M into building homes. First project: 201 income-restricted homes in Austin, no short-term rentals allowed.
Airbnb Public Policy retweeted
Great to see—->
Airbnb pledge $250 million to jump-start stalled housing projects dlvr.it/TVTF62
Airbnb Public Policy retweeted
Airbnb wants to go from housing crisis villain to housing financier. The short-term rental giant is committing $250 million to affordable and mixed-income developments, starting with a 200-unit project in Austin.
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