Like many countries around Europe, France is clamping down on the rental platform Airbnb, which is accused of creating housing shortages for locals. Here's what that means if you are planning to stay in one this summer.
Short-term property rental website Airbnb collected nearly €93million in tourist taxes (taxe de séjour )this year in France - but where will all that money go?
Authorities in Paris and other French towns will be able to regulate local businesses who wish to rent property on Airbnb, according to a decree published by the French government.
City authorities in Paris won a final court challenge on Thursday over rules that restrict the use of properties for short-term holiday rentals in a victory likely to encourage other European cities.
An alliance of 22 cities from across Europe urged the EU on Thursday to enact tougher rules on Airbnb and other short-term holiday rental platforms, accusing them of driving up property prices and squeezing out locals.
The bells will ring for the last time this week at Vaugirard elementary school in central Paris, the latest school in the city to close as spiralling property prices drive families out of the capital. But is Airbnb to blame?
The legal advisor to the EU's top court sided with Airbnb on Tuesday as the home-sharing giant faces legal action in France aimed at restricting its services.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has gone to battle once again with home-sharing giant Airbnb, saying that she wants to fine the company a record sum of €12.5 million as she fights to prevent the French capital being turned into a "museum".
The main trade group for French hotels has sued the home-sharing giant Airbnb, accusing it of unfair competition by "knowingly violating" rules imposed as part of a crackdown in one of the US giant's biggest markets.
The rules around Airbnb rentals in Paris have already been tightened but could the US home-sharing giant soon be shut out of the centre of the French capital altogether to prevent it becoming "an open-air museum"?
The city of Paris has sharply stepped up fines on homeowners for illegally renting out their apartments on websites such as Airbnb, a city official said Wednesday.
Several Airbnb users looking for short-term rentals in France this summer are launching a discrimination claim through France’s rights watchdog after receiving numerous rejections on the website based on their surnames.
No city in the world has more choice on the Airbnb rental site than Paris but before you book that dreamy rooftop flat with a view of the Eiffel Tower, here some crucial things to think about.
Paris is taking home-sharing giant Airbnb to court for failing to remove ads from people who have not properly declared their properties, city authorities said Thursday.
The French government announced plans Thursday to clamp down on Airbnb, saying it would fine the home-sharing giant for carrying ads from people who do not register their properties with local authorities.
Airbnb has agreed to withdraw a payment system in France, suspected of facilitating tax avoidance, after the government complained it could potentially be used to launder money and lead to a loss in revenues.
The city of Paris is continuing its offensive against Airbnb with a threat to sue the online rental platform if it fails to remove ads for properties whose owners have not registered with local authorities.
Homesharing giant Airbnb announced Tuesday that it will automatically cap rentals in central Paris to 120 nights a year, bringing it in line with the French capital's legal limit.
A Frenchwoman has taken to social media to boost her battle with AirBnB to recover €10,000 worth of damage done to her tiny studio apartment in Paris after she sublet it via the home-sharing app.
Fines imposed against owners renting their Paris apartments out on Airbnb surged more than tenfold in the first half of 2017 thanks to more rigorous monitoring, city authorities said Friday.
France is Airbnb's second largest market and yet in 2016, the internet giant paid the country just €92,944 in taxes – equivalent to the amount paid by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Paris authorities are aiming to introduce a new law that will force those who rent apartments on Airbnb to register the property with the City Hall first.
