Faced with the expansion of long-term rentals through sites, the mayor of Paris published a database of rental companies respecting the laws of the city. A method considered by some as the denunciation. The municipality denies.
In the war between the city of Paris to Airbnb, all shots are allowed. The municipality published Monday on the website opendata.paris.fr – which lists a set of data on the capital – the tourist locations that are brought into conformity with the Paris regulations. This method was perceived by many users, and by some newspapers as a call for informers.
Contacted by Le Figaro, the mayor of Paris denied any incentive to denounce neighbor illegal. “No, we do not launch site to denounce his neighbor. This approach does not correspond to the identity of Paris nor our concern for efficiency in the control of tourist homes, “said the municipality. He added: “The use of ‘vigilant neighbors’ only invites everyone to make reports on a single felt, which in most cases would prove wrong because on a person lawfully rents his apartment, less than 4 months a year, as required by the regulation. ” The mayor of Paris also denies any existence of an alleged mailbox on the site for informers. The information relayed by Europe 1 has been removed from the article shortly after the reaction of the municipality.
Ghislaine, the owner of a Paris apartment she rents legally for long periods on Airbnb for over a year, says the Figaro fear “for the future of this source of income.” “I’m doing anything wrong, I just rented my apartment when I’m not there and my business will be visible to everyone on a map. I do not like it, “says the retired. The risk of denunciation, Ghislaine is not insensitive. “Of course some neighbors will be proud to watch that is in good standing or not. It is in human nature. “
A statistical tool
Specifically, the City of Paris has made public data identifying 107 owners having set rule from the legislation on leasing via sites like Airbnb. These are homes that are not primary residences, for which the owner has made a destination change into a commercial. Incidentally, the renter must pay financial compensation to obtain permission from the City of Paris.
The mayor of Paris says the Figaro that “let data” could help “to startups and developers” to seize the topic to “produce cartographic and statistical tools.” This would allow the municipality to “better understand the situation and the evolution of the recent phenomenon of tourist homes” to find out where they are most established and whether they lead to a reduction in housing for Parisians. This map will be updated every month and enriched by the end of the year to see if an address is a single unit or the entire building, also assured the municipality.
rentals via highly regulated Airbnb
rental accommodation via websites is framed in France. Alur The law provides that an individual can rent their primary residence more than 120 days a year. Beyond this limit, the unit is considered a separate economic activity. The owner is then liable to a fine of 25,000 euros. Under the bill “for a digital republic,” the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, campaigned to raise the fine to 100,000 euros. If it has not been successful in the examination of the text in the Senate on May 2, the socialist town councilor welcomed the authorization for municipalities with more than 200,000 inhabitants to make registration of point locations via sites like Airbnb to prevent illegal sublets.
In late March, the city of Paris had reached an agreement with Airbnb, for all renters, via Airbnb, of Paris, likely to exceed the four months of rent per year, receive e-mail them recalling regulation. This agreement was a first for a municipality with Airbnb. Moreover, Airbnb also collected since October 2015 city tax repaid to the City – for an amount of € 4.6 million in 2015.
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