At the time, Chesky tweeted that Airbnb felt a responsibility to step up and help, calling the "displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the U.S. and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time."
On Tuesday, Chesky explained on Twitter that refugee families are placed on a military base after they enter the U.S. At that point, they wait for a resettlement agency or nonprofit to match them with a home in a new community. Since the crisis, Airbnb and Airbnb.org have been assisting nonprofits "in finding and booking Airbnbs for each refugee family," Chesky wrote.
To date, have already partnered with 16 resettlement agencies and nonprofits and "housed 35% of all Afghan refugees" arriving into the country, according to Chesky.
Are the hosts getting full rate plus breakages? If yes then fair game!
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