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*Baltimore — The NAACP, the country’s original and largest social justice organization and Airbnb, the world’s leading hospitality company, today launched a landmark partnership that will help spread the economic benefits of home sharing to more communities. Under the new partnership, Airbnb and the NAACP will conduct targeted outreach to communities of color to […]

*Home-sharing service Airbnb, which has been under fire for instances of racism and discrimination exhibited by some hosts, today revealed several changes to its platform and company policies in an effort to address the problem. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky sent the new directives in an email to hosts and guests this morning, according to […]

* Airbnb is back in the news and guess what? It’s for the same reason they are usually in the news: some a-hole host is discriminating against someone black … again. In this particular case, Meshach Cisero and his friends were called a monkey by a NYC area Airbnb host who is not white, […]

*The hashtag # AirbnbWhileBlack is not going away. In fact, more and more people are using it to describe personal accounts of racism on the popular home-sharing service – so much so, that reps from the service are meeting with civil rights leaders in Washington D.C. on Thursday (June 23) to try and find […]

*Danny Glover was shouted down at a rally for Airbnb hosts Tuesday in New York City when activists working on behalf of a union for hotel workers infiltrated the event and began heckling the 71-year-old actor. Glover had just begun speaking at the rally when the protesters began yelling over him, accusing him of […]

[…] her showing up, he said, a few other cars arrived. That was how Chris learned about Swimply, a relatively new service that has often been dubbed the Airbnb of swimming pools. “I said, ‘Sorry, I’m not renting my pool out,'” said Chris, who asked to withhold his last name for privacy reasons. He said […]

*It seems Airbnb, the company and website designed to make it a breeze for people to list, find, and rent lodging while vacationing in areas all over the world, continues to have problems with homeowners’ who have issues when it comes to renting to black folk. In other words: Airbnb spells drama for black people. […]

*It’s show time again for entertainers around the world, right in your home! With theatres and performance spaces closed worldwide, Airbnb is joining forces with stage and screen star Tituss Burgess, original Broadway princesses Susan Egan, Laura Osnes, Courtney Reed, Aisha Jackson, and dozens more to bring you behind the scenes of your favorite […]

* Airbnb seems to have a discrimination issue when it comes to guests bookings specifically in Oregon. So the company has announced it will hide guests’ names to combat the problem in the state.  As reported by Insider, the new policy follows a 2019 settlement where three Black women sued Athe company, claiming the platform […]

 *An alleged Airbnb horror story has gone viral after an unidentified woman took to social media to explain that her guest refuses to leave her home. In the 3-minute video, the woman explains that she turned to the vacation rental platform to find a subletter for one of the rooms in her house. […]

Cast of the Fresh Prince (1993-1996) *Will Smith has announced that the iconic mansion from his hit series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” is for rent on Airbnb — and the actor will play host! “If this place looks familiar that’s because it’s just as fly as it was when I first rolled up […]

Eric Holder *(Via Airbnb Blog) – In early June we announced that we would review every aspect of the Airbnb platform to help ensure we are doing everything we can to fight bias and discrimination. We are halfway through our review and want you to know more about some of the steps we’ve already […]

[…] was demanding 100K in compensation to vacate the property.  According to the Los Angeles Times, the woman rented the guest house more than two years ago via Airbnb and was meant to stay six months but refused to month out when the term ended. Jovanovic, a renowned dentist, initially agreed to a long-term lease […]

Model of house and key on sandy beach with sea and sky on the background *The Dallas City Council recently voted to ban short-term rentals (STRs) like Airbnb and Vrbo in areas with single-family zoning. “You’re ignoring current zoning and abdicating responsibility,” Dom Thomas told the council, according to a report from WFAA-TV Channel […]

* Airbnb has deleted the accounts of several users affiliated with far-right political groups planning to attend a “Unite the Right” rally organized by white nationalists this week in Charlottesville, Virginia. According to Time magazine, a rep for the home-sharing app confirmed that some users were removed from the platform after it was determined […]