Airbnb is committing $250 million to help stalled US housing projects get built; its first $6.4 million investment will support 201 affordable homes in Austin

Airbnb is committing $250 million to help stalled US housing projects get built; its first $6.4 million investment will support 201 affordable homes in Austin

Airbnb has pledged $250 million (£190 million) in below-market financing to help restart stalled housing projects, with its first $6.4 million investment going toward an affordable housing development in Austin, Texas. The short-term rental company announced the Airbnb Housing Accelerator, a new program aimed at addressing the U.S. housing shortage by filling funding gaps for … Read more

‘Committing massacres’: Houthis accuse Saudi of Yemen prison strike that killed 7, including child

'Committing massacres': Houthis accuse Saudi of Yemen prison strike that killed 7, including child

Visuals from the aftermath of the attack (Image Source: X@YemenNetworkRF) Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out an air strike on a prison in the northern city of al-Hazm, killing at least seven people, including a child.The strike hit the Central Corrective Facility in al-Jawf province, near Yemen’s border with Saudi … Read more