Here is the precursor to my question at the bottom of this post in order to provide context:
I've been staying at a host's in Medicine Hat (Alberta, Canada) who told me at the start of my 30 day stay that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and doesn't take ANY medication to control it.
I know first hand about bipolar disorder because I grew up with an adoptive mother who herself was bipolar - It was awful.
My stay with this woman here has also been awful as she has all the classic signs & behaviours of a bipolar woman including but not limited to:
Grandiose bragging & self importance, doesn't stop talking about herself & her opinions even when I asked her to stop, won't stop talking at all unless I go to my room, thinks she's right about everything, has a VERY HOT TEMPER, not interested in listening to others speak, easily irritated & agitated, abuses drugs & alcohol (daily & often).
She smokes weed ALL DAY LONG and drinks alcohol daily. ** Studies show as many as 60% of people with bipolar disorder abuse drugs & alcohol - Maggie (host) is one of them. She needs to get proper treatment for her disorder and she isn't fit to be a host.
I didn't dare say any of this to Maggie while in her home because of her volatile temper.
In the first 3 days of my stay, when this lady found out I'm a Christian, she said, "Christians are to blame for most the problems in the world" and barked "God doesn't exist". (I have never criticized her or said anything about her drug & alcohol abuse or her negative personality & hot temper)
I reported some things she said at the start of my stay and Airbnb offered to move me but moving is a lot of work b/c I'm travelling with everything I own in my car across Canada and have been using Airbnb for my stays . I've had a couple very bad experiences with crazy hosts which meant I had to pack all my stuff and leave early from those places to get to a more sanitary home, or to get away from a dysfunction screaming husband & wife. These moves & lugging heavy bags & luggage around is very hard on my spine (I have spinal stenosis). I've gotten coupons for my trouble but the $ isn't worth the grief or the fact these hosts ruin my travel experience. Don't get me wrong, I had some GOOD hosts too, but that's not what this thread is about.
GOING FORWARD: I asked Airbnb to wait until I've left this current host's to address her discrimination & hate speech against Christians because if Airb were to talk to her while I'm here, I'd be put in a position of having to deal with her bipolar fueled bad temper and heaven knows what else.
On Aug 4th when I asked her (again) to stop talking to me about religion & politics (she loves to rant about American politics), she told me to F**k Off!
Then she criticizes my faith or Christian lifestyle but can't see her own issues. When she says things like this to me I shut myself into my room again where I counsel women on my laptop (I counsel women who actually want to change).
There's much more I could say about her behaviour and nasty remarks but for the sake of brevity I'll leave it at that.
It's now getting close to the time for my stay here to end (thank heavens!) and I will move to a place in BC but am not using Airbnb because of these bad experiences. I also have found another way to travel back East across Canada renting rooms which is much less expensive than Airbnb's astounding prices in which hosts are gouging guests and charging as much or more than hotels.
All of that said, here is my Question = = WHY does Airbnb allow people with non medicated mental illnesses to HOST? == Doesn't Airbnb screen potential hosts before allowing them to operate through them?