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Airbnb offers free housing in Central Texas for flood evacuees

Posted at 10:12 AM, Oct 19, 2018
and last updated 2018-10-19 11:12:07-04

Airbnb activated its Open Homes Program to help Central Texans who evacuated their homes due to the recent flooding.

The program helps these residents, as well as relief workers providing assistance in the area, find temporary accommodations free of charge.

The free listings will be available from October 18 through November 8.

Airbnb activated the same program last August during Hurricane Harvey.

Hosts interested in listing their properties for free may and evacuees looking for accommodations can find more information here.

Airbnb hosts in the following counties are eligible to take part in the program and list their homes for free to evacuees and relief workers:

  • Atascosa
  • Bandera
  • Bastrop
  • Bell
  • Bexar
  • Bosque
  • Brown
  • Burnet
  • Caldwell
  • Coke
  • Coleman
  • Comal
  • Comanche
  • Concho
  • Coryell
  • Dimmit
  • Edwards
  • Erath
  • Frio
  • Gillespie
  • Gonzales
  • Guadalupe
  • Hamilton
  • Hays
  • Karnes
  • Kendall
  • Kerr
  • Kimbie
  • Kinney
  • La Salle
  • Lampasas
  • Llano
  • Mason
  • McCulloch
  • McLennan
  • Medina
  • Menard
  • Mills
  • Real
  • Runnels
  • San Saba
  • Schleicher
  • Sutton
  • Tom Green
  • Travis
  • Uvalde
  • Val Verde
  • Williamson
  • Wilson
  • Zavalia

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