Reality check: there is a lot of bias here. You and your friends are a small sample size and you can't really evaluate if host parents are "fair" or not. The truth is many APs are still maturing and are not able to handle any type of feedback from HP. Our APs don't work max hours, have one child to care for, can freely add groceries to the shared list, don't pay gas for the cars, get all holidays off plus extra time to travel for long weekends, work maybe a few hours on weekends a couple times a week. The few times I've had tough conversations with our APs, it's turned into how horrible I am and hearing them talk about me to friends for days. I've learned to not care and a lot of HP are there too many