In recent weeks, “Wanted” flyers have been posted around the neighborhood featuring the names and photographs of 12 individuals. None of the people on the “Wanted” poster who currently have Chinatown units listed on Airbnb responded to queries. The individual said that he no longer lives in San Francisco, but had used Airbnb once, several years ago, and has long since deactivated his account. San Francisco’s gentrification wars have long fostered a certain element willing to make the debate over affordable housing extremely personal. “We are more interested in having a meaningful discussion about San Francisco’s longstanding housing issues than responding to anonymous attacks on individual San Franciscans,” a spokesperson for Airbnb said in a statement.

Source: The Guardian July 22, 2016 09:56 UTC