5亿美元、每年100万晚免费住房：Airbnb每笔住宿拨出0.10美元给Airbnb.org，扩展至就医家庭与家暴幸存者
短租平台 Airbnb 10月28日宣布启动一项长期资助模式：公司从每一笔住宿订单的收入中拨出0.10美元，注入其独立非营利机构 Airbnb.org，五年内合计提供5亿美元，帮助该机构在2030年前达到每年提供100万晚免费紧急住房的目标。Airbnb 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Brian Chesky 表示：「从今以后，每当有人在 Airbnb 预订一间房，就等于帮助另一个人在最需要的时候找到落脚之处。这正是 Airbnb 最好的样子。」
Airbnb 表示，这笔捐助由公司收入承担，不会增加房客支付的价格，也不会减少房东的收入；入住前取消的订单，以及体验与服务类预订，不计入拨款。Airbnb.org 是一家总部位于美国的独立非营利机构，专门为遭遇灾害、疾病或危机的人提供免费临时住房。Airbnb 另行承担该机构的全部运营成本，因此公众捐款可以百分之百用于住房本身，公司也不从紧急住房订单中赚钱。
Airbnb.org 的源头可以追溯到2012年：飓风 Sandy 袭击纽约后，一位房东打开家门收留无处可去的人，其他房东纷纷效仿；2020年，Airbnb 据此正式成立 Airbnb.org。成立以来，该机构已在全球提供超过160万晚紧急住房，入住者免费、房东照常获得订单收入。仅今年一年，Airbnb.org 已响应超过200场灾害，而2023年全年只有8场。
有了这笔长期资金，Airbnb.org 将把工作从灾害响应扩展到三个新领域：为需要在20多个国家异地就医的家庭提供住宿；为逃离不安全处境的家庭暴力与剥削幸存者提供临时住所；为身患重病或接受高强度治疗的美国退伍军人提供支持。该机构与各地的非营利组织和政府伙伴合作确认需要帮助的人，再由伙伴机构或入住者本人通过 Airbnb 完成预订，房东会提前获知这是一笔紧急住房订单。
Airbnb 同时邀请房东以其他方式参与：为紧急住房订单提供折扣、捐出每次收入的一部分或一次性捐款，或开启 Airbnb.org 的动态通知。公司表示，新的资助模式即时生效。
$500 Million for 1 Million Free Nights a Year: Airbnb to Give $0.10 From Every Stay to Airbnb.org, Expanding to Medical Travelers and Abuse Survivors
Airbnb announced on October 28 a permanent funding model for its independent nonprofit Airbnb.org: the company will contribute $0.10 from its revenue on every stay, providing $500 million over the next five years and putting the nonprofit on a path to provide 1 million nights of free emergency housing per year by 2030. 'Now, every time someone books a home on Airbnb, they'll help someone else find a place to stay when they need it most. That's Airbnb at its best,' said Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb.
The contributions are funded by Airbnb and do not increase what guests pay or reduce what hosts earn; stays cancelled before check-in and bookings of experiences or services are excluded. Airbnb covers Airbnb.org's operating costs, so 100% of public donations fund emergency housing, and the company makes no money from the emergency stays.
Airbnb.org traces its roots to 2012, when a New York host opened her home after Hurricane Sandy; in 2020 the community effort became an independent nonprofit. It has since provided more than 1.6 million nights of emergency housing worldwide, and this year alone it has responded to more than 200 disasters, compared with 8 in all of 2023.
The new funding will expand Airbnb.org beyond disaster response into three new areas: families travelling for medical care in more than 20 countries, survivors of domestic violence and exploitation who have left unsafe situations, and U.S. military veterans facing serious illness or intensive treatment. Airbnb.org works with local nonprofit and government partners to identify people who need a stay, and hosts are notified when a reservation is for an emergency stay.
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图片来源：图：位于旧金山的 Airbnb 总部中庭。Steve Jurvetson 摄，CC BY，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Inside Airbnb's headquarters in San Francisco. Photo by Steve Jurvetson, CC BY, via Wikimedia Commons.
