The measure has been in place since January 1. Parisian homeowners will only have the right to rent their main residence, seasonally, for 90 days per year compared to 120 previously. The decision was adopted by the Paris Council on December 19, which took advantage of the vote, a month earlier, of the “Le Meur-Echaniz” law on the regulation of furnished tourist accommodation.
The new law provides for fines for platforms like Abritel or Airbnb if they do not remove advertisements when the ceiling for nights is reached.
The city is particularly affected by the phenomenon. In 2024, furnished tourist accommodation has proliferated on rental platforms. Their number has reached 95,000, according to the newspaper 'Le Monde', twice as many as in 2022. The 18th arrondissement is the most affected, ahead of the 11th and 15th. This scale is not without consequences, according to the city, and results in particular in an increase in nuisances for the neighborhood, a drop in traditional private rental supply, and an increase in the cost of housing. Neighborhoods are also losing their diversity, with small businesses turning to a more tourist-oriented activity to the detriment of residents.
25,000 illegal rentals
The new restriction is accompanied by sanctions: owners who violate it risk a civil fine of 15,000 euros. Paris is also toughening the provision which penalizes illegal transformation of use. The fine can rise to 100,000 euros, supplemented by a penalty of maximum 1,000 euros per day and per square meter, until the situation is regularized. Accommodation owners must obtain prior authorization from the town hall before changing the use of their accommodation to furnished tourist accommodation. According to the Parisian executive, 25,000 furnished tourist accommodations are rented illegally in the capital.
-The new law also provides for fines for rental platforms, such as Abritel or Airbnb, if they do not remove rental advertisements when the night limit is reached. Airbnb reacted to the announcements from the city of Paris, regretting “these new diversionary measures which will not resolve housing problems, and continue to omit the real issues linked to the concentration of tourism in the center of Paris”.
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