@Helen427in Auckland and everyone...
How would any one of us feel?
I imagine the host is horrifed, grief stricken, and in shock. His whole life just got turned upside down and there's blood all over the place. Reports state he was on his way there to intervene, as were the police, when the shootings happened, and he has been responsive to local previously expressed concerns which were about noise and trash.
The host will not be making any comment here or anywhere except during police interrogation and a courtroom, because this is now a very serious legal situation. Likewise anyone on staff with Airbnb.
The host is facing significant realities of this trauma of multiple deaths and injuries on many personal levels. The emotional trauma alone of having it happen, plus witnessing the bloody condition of his home, would be devastating.
This is also a financial disaster with the expense of a competent attorney to represent him far exceeding anything he's made from his airbnb rental to date, and then there's the additional negative effects on his business and property values.
If the host reads this, I hope he knows that we understand the serious position he is in, and I hope he will find some measure of community in these comments about the changes we've been advocating for, for a long time, that effect every host and guest on this platform.
My heart goes out to everyone suffering as a result of this tragedy.
This is very, very serious for the host, for the platform, and the future. This will effect each of us, depending on what comes of this.
It's really time for us to organize and speak up.