Paris To Sue Airbnb Over 'Illegal Ads'

Paris To Sue Airbnb Over 'Illegal Ads'

The city of Paris is suing Airbnb for €12.5m (£11m) over 1,000 adverts for what it says are illegal rentals.

Homeowners within the town will loan their properties for under one hundred twenty days per annum. They must register themselves as a business and show their number on any advertising.

Under French law, companies can be fined up to €12,500 for each advert.

Airbnb aforementioned the foundations in Paris were "inefficient, disproportionate and in contravention of European rules".

According to a 2018 report by analyst Statista, Paris was Airbnb's second most popular destination in terms of active rentals, with London in the top spot.

On its web site Airbnb says that once a property has been set-aside out for one hundred twenty nights in one in every of the eighteen French cities wherever the rule applies, the calendar will be blocked out in order that no additional bookings is created.

It conjointly says that each alternative vacation rental service that's a member of the French holidays homes body, the UNPLV (Union Nationale pour la Promotion de la Location de Vacances), is imposing this automated limit.

Speaking to French newspaper Journal du Dimanche, Anne Hidalgo, the city manager of Paris, aforementioned unauthorised rentals "spoil some Parisian neighbourhoods". Critics of platforms like Airbnb say they will go up personal rental costs in a neighborhood and end in a rise in anti-social behaviour by guests.