“Anti-Airbnb” law: in Morbihan, Gîtes de France oppose quotas for furnished tourist accommodation

The Gîtes de France du Morbihan are worried about the possible generalization of quotas on furnished tourist accommodation. A lever given to municipalities by the Le Meur law, adopted in November, known as the “anti-Airbnb law”, which will come into force on January 1, 2025, in addition to less favorable taxation, the registration obligation and of the ban on thermal strainers.

Hypothetical conversions to year-round rentals

The Gîtes de France in Morbihan are already seeing the consequences of the quotas, as in Vannes, where owners are entitled to two furnished accommodations, only one of which is in the city center. The city-prefecture is one of the eight municipalities authorized to create quotas before the generalization of this lever by the Le Meur law: Belle-Ile, Gâvres, and in the Gulf of Morbihan, Arradon, Larmor-Baden, Séné, Sarzeau, Saint -Gildas de Rhuys. “In these eight municipalities, we had 146 accommodations, and we are going to lose around twenty lodgings,” explains Yves Jéhanno, the departmental director of Gîtes de France. And these twenty homes will not be transformed into year-round rentals, he predicts, because the owners are afraid of damage and unpaid rent. “They will sell if they can no longer rent. And who will buy? It will become a second home again.”

Call for dialogue with mayors

The network, which represents 1,400 landlords and 1,850 furnished tourist accommodations in Morbihan, highlights the direct and indirect economic benefits it generates – €117 million – and the €32 million in investments to maintain these accommodations. Yves Jéhanno calls on mayors to consult. “The idea is to make the municipalities think because there have been no prior studies on the economic impact of the new law,” he emphasizes, recalling that “some municipalities think differently, like Erdeven, who did not introduce quotas.”