Discrimination against parents of infants 0 -4 months

[Desiree153]

AirBnB currently has an inadequate policy to allow hosts to claim they cannot accommodate children under 2 years old.  My assumption is that the host would need to baby-proof their place, but it is a fact that children cannot even roll over until they are at least 4 months old.  This policy needs to be revisited and in the mean time I will be filing a compliant with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

[Colleen253]

@Desiree153 Many hosts have weighed in here and presented good points. The overarching theme is that there are many variables at play. Each listing is unique, and it should be left to the individual host who knows their accomodation best, to decide whether it's suitable for infants or children. Why on earth would you want to push back against that, when there are a million other places you can choose to stay that will comfortably and safely welcome you and your family?

[Ann72]

@Desiree153  Note that a listing will say “not suitable for children under 2.”  That’s not the same thing as saying, “Families with children under two are prohibited from booking here.”  Some nut-job in the DC area has been attempting to sue every Airbnb host who appears not to accept children under violations of the Fair Housing Act.  Airbnb is well aware of potential discrimination - here is just one article on it, from the Help Center:

 https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1620/is-placing-restrictions-based-on-a-guests-age-or-familial-s...

Luckily for hosts, most people nowadays suffer from poor reading comprehension.

[Michelle53]

@Ann72  It's interesting to note that @Desiree153  has lobbed her complaint into the CC but not responded to a single comment since then.  Perhaps a different outcome had been expected. 

[Branka-and-Silvia0]

@Michelle53 She is busy filing a compliant with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. 🙂

[Michelle53]

@Branka-and-Silvia0  Of course 😉

[Debra300]

@Michelle53,

She is new the community, and probably didn't tag the conversation to follow it, or the email notifications for updates are not going to her primary inbox.  It wasn't until a few months ago that I realized that many of my community update alerts were going directly into my Promotions folder in Gmail, and I didn't see them because I equate that folder to permitted spam.

[Michelle53]

@Debra300   I never did any of those things either, when I first started posting here - I came back to CC to see if anyone had responded to me. 

[Mark116]

I guess this goes against the current trend, but it seems to me that Airbnb works best when guests and hosts are a positive match, the host is offering what the guest wants........ not when people attempt to force themselves and their pets/emotional support animals/allergies/infants/children/gatherings/special needs on listings that are not set up for same.  That was the original beauty of Airbnb, that you could find whatever quirky type of place you wanted, and now it has moved to cookie cutter, and everyone must offer everything or someone will sue.  Sad.