Travel - January 9, 2025

Airbnb Is Opening Homes For Free For People Displaced by the LA Wildfires

January 9, 2025

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Airbnb.org is partnering with 211 LA to help those who have lost their homes to the Los Angeles wildfires, or who have been ordered to leave their neighborhoods, to find free, temporary housing.

At the time of writing, the multiple wildfires currently raging across LA have killed five people, destroyed nearly 2,000 structures, and led to the evacuation order of more than 130,000 people, a news report says.

Airbnb.org is a non-profit branch of Airbnb whose goal is to provide emergency housing for those in need in times of crisis. To help LA residents affected by the wildfires, it is partnering with 211 LA, a non-profit organization that connects LA residents with essential health, human, and social services.

Impacted LA residents who need temporary housing at this time must fill out this intake form. Airbnb.org will not provide housing directly to individuals.

Stays offered by Airbnb.org via 211 LA are funded by Airbnb.org and are entirely free thanks to generous Airbnb hosts who offer their home without charge or at a discount rate.

If you are a resident of the LA area and want to help provide housing to those displaced by the wildfires, visit Airbnb.org to sign up as a host. All services fees will be waived and you will be given damage protection and liability insurance for each booking, Airbnb explains in a press release.

If you wish to help to impacted in other ways, you can make a donation to Airbnb.org. 100 percent of your donations will go toward providing emergency housing to those affected.