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The Impact of AirBnB in Paris

Posted by (Paris) on

This is a very well-researched article, which also includes many other popular cities worldwide.

It's important to read all the information, which includes the fact that AirBnB does not "manage" their clients, does not require that the calendars be accurate, and that AirBnB takes no responsibility for clients adhering to local statutes or tax regulations.

If you click on the individual red dots, you can see how many other apartments are listed by the same "owner". Since only a property owner who lives in his apartment full-time has the right to rent it during his vacation time (a period not to exceed 4 months), it's obvious that these apartments are illegal.

http://insideairbnb.com/paris/

Posted by
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This is one of those things that was fine for communities when it was a few people doing it and with their own place during down times. It is really corrosive and hollows out a community when they become quasi hotels and owners run a string of apartments that are not 'house sharing' but rather just short term rentals. It makes it harder for locals to buy apartments and disrupts the buildings they are in (who wants strangers moving in across the hall constantly) and leaves areas with fewer local residents as more and more people buy apartments as investments rather than as dwellings.

Posted by
2262 posts

Right. Got it. Fascinating.

This page was linked in this Forum quite some time ago. Got it.

Posted by
2466 posts

It's important to note that since the Mayor's crackdown began, a great many agencies and individuals who used to list on the other well-known vacation rental websites got smart and jumped on the AirBnB bandwagon, where they can and do claim that someone actually lives in the apartment full-time.

This is why the red dots make the map look like a bloodbath - most agencies or individuals with more than one property list them on AirBnB's site, especially since the rates for the other websites are increasing and there are changes in payment options, insurance, etc.

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