The Airbnb phenomenon continues to destabilize city centers

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2023-05-30 21:45:28

Bayonne: the city has been requesting authorization for a change of use since March – from housing to commercial premises – and compensation for the square meters lost. A derogatory regime exists for properties rented to students, empty in the summer or in the event of the rental of the main residence. Vacheron A/ANDBZ/ABACA

DECRYPTION – Municipalities are stepping up measures to stem the tidal wave of seasonal rentals. But a bill aimed at regulating furnished accommodation has just been postponed.

Airbnb critics saw the invisible hand of the American giant there. The examination of a cross-partisan bill (PPL) – a first – to better regulate the rise of seasonal rentals in tense areas has been postponed indefinitely. This proposal was to pass in committee on May 31 and in the Hemicycle on June 12. Carried by the Renaissance deputy from Brittany Annaïg le Meur, and the socialist deputy from the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Iñaki Echaniz, it comprises three articles: overhauling the tax system, by increasing the reduction for furnished tourist accommodation from 71% to 50%, generalizing the banning the rental of thermal sieves to furnished tourist accommodation and finally allowing communities of less than 200,000 inhabitants to have a look at the change of use of a dwelling.

Individuals who have become accustomed to renting with Airbnb and making ends meet take a dim view of this possible tightening of the law. This is particularly the case in “communities…

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