While seasonal rentals have been making the tourist news all over the world, including France, for quite some time already to the point that more and more laws and regulations are being adopted here and there, let's come back to two or three things concerning the most famous platform of all. Namely, of course, Airbnb.
Soon a law in France
In France, at the beginning of November, the National Assembly gave the green light to the regulation of Airbnb-type rentals in the territory. The aim is obviously to fight against the housing crisis by rebalancing the rental market with ultimately fewer seasonal rentals in France. Just between before Covid and now, we have gone from 300,000 furnished tourist accommodations to 850,000, with almost 10% located in the Paris region.
Concretely, the new recommended measures would firstly concern taxation, until today reduced, from which owners of furnished tourist accommodation can benefit. From now on, tax reductions would be 30% and no longer 50 or even 70%, except in a few “very sparsely populated” rural areas where this might not change.
In addition, owners would need to register if they wish to rent furnished accommodation. With, depending on the choice of the municipalities, this tourist rental does not exceed 90 days per year if it is a main residence compared to 120 days previously. Or even that the number of “licenses” granted is limited in number.
Finally, and to fight against energy sieves, a thermal performance diagnosis would also be requested in order to prohibit the rental of the least satisfactory accommodation in this area.
Despite everything, more and more Airbnb rentals around the world
Airbnb, second most popular booking site in France
Paris has one of the highest densities of Airbnb in Europe
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