More and more French municipalities would find that the increase in the number of short-term rentals would prevent inhabitants from finding accommodation all year round. Many groups criticize furnished tourist accommodation for contributing to the increase in rents in certain cities.
To this must be added an increase in the price of goods for sale. The high profitability of furnished tourist rentals is now attracting many investors. This would thus increase prices per square meter in tourist cities.
Finally, neighborhood nuisances and problems, as well as competition experienced as unfair by the hotel sector, are also singled out in areas where the development of this type of rental is increasing.
For main residences, renting an entire unit is possible up to 120 days per year. Thus, platforms, such as Airbnb, no longer allow the rental of a main residence for more than four months in the year.
For second homes, the rules are getting tougher. You must report to the town hall the rental of a furnished tourist accommodation.
Today, the organization that prevails, in municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, is the request for prior authorization at the town hall. Known as a 'change of use', this authorization concerns owners who therefore decide to rent for short periods.
Registering an entire home is a simple, immediate and free procedure that only takes a few minutes.
Owners can request their registration number via an online form. It is available directly on the websites of the municipalities concerned. For more information, we invite you to go here -> https://www.airbnb.fr/d/enregistrement
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Anyone who does not declare the change in the use of their property is liable to a fine of up to €50,000 per premises irregularly transformed.
Recently, Colmar (Haut-Rhin) announced new binding rules for furnished tourist rentals. Just like Bayeux (Calvados) in the fall of 2021. But also Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine), Deauville (Calvados), Paris, Lyon (Rhône), Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) or even Barcelona (Spain)... But also smaller cities like Dinan.
For example, in the Basque Country: the “compensation measure” already implemented in Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon or Nice will be applied. It will require owners to produce, in the same city and with an equivalent surface area, a property on the rental market all year round to compensate for housing transformed into furnished tourist accommodation. The rule will be applied from 1 June 2022 on 24 municipalities in a “tense zone” on the Basque coast. Bayonne, Biarritz, Anglet, Anglet, Guéthary, Saint-Jean-de-Luz or Hendaye are concerned.
In Les Sables d'Olonnes in Vendée: elected officials recently established a ceiling on the number of furnished tourist accommodations per district.
Likewise in Saint-Malo, where there should be no more than 12.5% of homes rented for short periods in the city limits. Each person or Société Civile Immobilière SCI, (legal structure allowing several people to manage assets), will not be able to rent more than two secondary homes in vacation homes.
Faced with these galloping restrictions, renters see it as a restriction of the freedom of enterprise and an infringement of the right of ownership. Some do not hesitate to take the case to court.
For its part, Airbnb has launched an initiative called “The Portal of Territories”, presented as a platform to help local authorities manage the home-sharing activity at the local level, as well as their partnership with Airbnb.
They also regularly highlight the amounts paid to the municipality as a tourist tax. Airbnb pays a tourist tax to French municipalities on behalf of the hosts. For example, in Occitanie, Toulouse receives €700,000 and Montpellier €570,000.
And more recently, Airbnb imposed a new approach for renters: the mandatory registration of the rental property. It is for the renter to communicate to Airbnb the 13-digit number issued by the town hall to be able to welcome short-term travelers.
The high profitability of short-term rental properties has significantly changed the real estate market. A balance must be found between municipalities and owners, but LCD still has a bright future ahead of it.
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