Written by: Leila Abboud France is seeking to clamp down on Airbnb and other holiday rental companies, spurred on by mayors in tourist destinations such as.
mayors are turning the screw on short-term rental platforms.
Within only a few weeks, a string of French cities have imposed new restrictions on short-term accommodation platforms like Airbnb, Abritel and Booking.com and Paris is cooking up more restrictions still.
“We want to seize the opportunity of COVID to confirm the downward trend in tourist rentals. We now have evidence that Airbnb does have an impact on housing,” Ian Brossat, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo s deputy for housing, told POLITICO.
As the COVID crisis effectively emptied large urban areas of tourists, cities across Europe are happily contemplating life with less Airbnb.