# Professor Arun Sundararajan comments on Airbnb's entrance into the housing market through Backyard, a new initiative introducing prototype mixed-use homes

1 Faculty News November 29, 2018 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/29/airbnb-will-start-selling-buildings-homes-next-year-report-says/?utm_term=.41f99641faf5)-- "'Today's Airbnbs are homes that are built for personal use that are somehow being adapted for occasional commercial use, but the next step is to rethink the home so that mixed-use is there from the get-go,' Sundararajan said."

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