The number of fines imposed on Parisian owners who do not comply with local regulations on Airbnb rentals has been falling since 2021, but their amount is heavier, a sign for the town hall that its system is working and that the judge is more and more severe.
Since 2021, a year marked by a major victory for the town hall, when the Court of Cassation had judged its regulations to be in line with European law, the City of Paris has obtained around 6.5 million euros in fines from the judicial court, indicates- she told AFP, confirming information from Franceinfo.
But this revenue is melting, standing at 535,000 euros over the first seven months of 2023, for 65 cases judged, against 3.5 million in 2021 and 2.5 million in 2022, year when 370 cases had been processed.
The City’s regulatory arsenal is working, there are fewer offences, welcomes the latter, stressing however that the high litigation figures in 2021 and 2022 were due to the resumption of the 400 cases on hold pending judgment. a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
At the same time, the average amount of fines has risen: from 15,000 euros in 2022 in the first instance (22,000 on appeal), it now stands at 20,000 euros (31,000 on appeal) this year.
The courts are tougher, says Ian Brossat, the housing assistant for whom judges now assume that those who cheat do so knowingly.
A multi-rental owner of the 16th arrondissement of Paris even copped with the maximum fine of 50,000 euros, an unprecedented sanction, underlines Mr. Brossat.
Owners are condemned for lack of registration number or rental of a secondary residence without compensation, recalls the elected communist.
In Paris, where accommodation is a challenge, only the main residences can be freely rented as furnished tourist accommodation, provided that they are declared to the town hall and within a limit of 120 days per year.
The rental of tourist accommodation in a secondary residence must be subject to a very restrictive change of use, with an obligation to compensate by renting conventional accommodation of an equivalent area, or even double or triple depending on the area. .
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