Having just gone public for more than $100 BILLION during a pandemic, “distinguished” Olympic partner Airbrb is incentivizing the commodification of neighborhoods while catering to wealthy tourists and pricing residents out of their communities.
NOlympics-LA and the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project have built an organizing tool called LOCKS ON MY BLOCKS to report & track illegal Airbnbs in our city. For tips on how to spot illegal Airbnbs and more context on Airbnb’s effect on gentrification & displacement, head over to locks.netlify.app. And please help spread the word on a local neighborhood organizing level!