The measurement has been in place since January 1. The owners of Parisian housing will no longer have the right to rent their main residence, seasonally, only 90 days per year against 120 so far. The decision was adopted by the Paris Council on December 19, which took advantage of the vote, a month before, of the law “Le Meur-Echaniz” on the regulation of tourist furnishings.
The new law provides fines for platforms like Abritel or Airbnb if they do not remove the announcements when the night ceiling is reached.
The city is particularly affected by the phenomenon. In 2024, tourist furnishings proliferated on rental platforms. Their number has reached 95,000, according to the newspaper 'Le Monde', twice as much in 2022. The 18th arrondissement is the most concerned, before the 11th and 15th. This magnitude is not without consequences, depending on the city, and is reflected in particular by the increase in nuisance for the neighborhood, a drop in traditional private rental supply, an increase in the cost of housing. The districts also lose their diversity, the small shops turning to a more tourist activity at the expense of the inhabitants.
25,000 illegal rentals
The new restriction is accompanied by sanctions: the owners who will break it risk a civil fine of 15,000 euros. Paris also hardens the provision which sanctions the illegal transformation of use. The fine can rise to 100,000 euros, supplemented by a penalty of 1,000 euros maximum per day and per square meter, until the situation is regularized. Housing owners must indeed obtain a prior authorization from the town hall before modifying the use of their accommodation in tourism furnished. According to the Parisian executive, 25,000 tourist furnishings are rented illegally in the capital.
-The new law also provides fines for rental platforms, such as Abritel or Airbnb, if they do not remove rental ads when the night ceiling is reached. Airbnb reacted to the announcements of the city of Paris, regretting “these new diversionary measures which will not solve housing problems, and continue to omit the real challenges linked to the concentration of tourism in the center of Paris”.
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