Power of Attorney

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints each of Julie P. Aslaksen and
William K. Kelso, or either of them acting singly, and with full
power of substitution and re-substitution, the undersigned?s
true and lawful attorney in fact (each of such persons and their
substitutes being referred to herein as the ?Attorney-in-Fact?),
with full power of act for the undersigned and in the
undersigned?s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to prepare, execute and submit to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?), Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
(the ?Company?), and/or any national securities exchange on
which the Company?s securities are listed any and all reports
(including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required
to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers it
advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16
of the Exchange Act, or any rule or regulation thereunder, or
under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (?Rule 144?),
with respect to the any security of the Company, including Forms
3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

(a)	Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes
any liability for the undersigned?s responsibility to
comply with the requirements of Section 13 or Section
16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, any liability of
the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for
disgorgement of
profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(b)	This Power of Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from responsibility for compliance with
the undersigned?s obligations under Section 13 or
Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including, without
limitation, the reporting requirements under Section
13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in connection
with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as
the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by authority of this Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G or Forms 144 with respect to the
undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities of the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of
Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to
the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney as of October 11, 20212

/s/ Diana M. Laing