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.
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.
Two states facing some of the biggest housing shortages can vote to build more homes this fall. Through our Housing Accelerator, Airbnb supports Question 7 (MA) and Prop 1 (CA) to scale new housing. nytimes.com/2026/10/30/re…
If you want to solve this too, join us: airbnb.com/housing
For years, every conversation we've had with mayors, city councils, and state legislators ends the same way: the U.S. needs to build more homes. So that's where we're starting.
@AURAatx @FLHousingC @chpcny @HACdotorg Every city is different, and there's no single fix. This is the work we think we can usefully do, and we're looking for the next project. Know one that's one check away from breaking ground? Come find us: airbnb.com/housing
More on what the Housing Accelerator does, how we're backing smart reform, and where the first homes are going up: airbnb.com/housing
The "original people" she's talking about started St. John as a freedman community in the 1890s. When Austin floated a courthouse and police station for the old Home Depot site, residents pushed back. They wanted homes that honored the neighborhood’s history.
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
@DanielZHornung Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/nzQd4XgKo1Y
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