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Airbnb rental in Paris: how to be in legality?

A victim of his success on Airbnb, it becomes more complex to rent your accommodation in Paris on the American platform. How can we stay in legality, though?

With more than 40,000 ads to date on Airbnb, Paris is decidedly the world capital of renting real estate from particular to particular. Paris is Airbnb’s first market. This forged reputation is all the stronger because many of them have enriched themselves through the rental of Parisian housing on the platform. With all the drifts caused by this activity, the public authorities have for more than a year decided to legislate on rent in the French capital . So, how do you legally rent your Airbnb property in Paris?

Paris, an alarming situation and a lack of housing

Last year Paris absorbed more than 47 million visitors. This tourist mass coupled with the population residing in the city of Light makes very easily understand the depth of the housing crisis in Paris. The manna that makes this parterre of tourists has had the perverse effect of promoting the proliferation of Parisian rental ads on Airbnb among others. However, many drifts are born of this activity.

With people (and wealthy) investing in the redemption of buildings they renovated and transformed into a building specialized in renting on Airbnb. The result of abusive rental was to reduce the rental park as a main residence for the inhabitants of the city. This rental park lost between 20,000 and 30,000 main properties. By reviving the Article L631-7 of the Construction and Housing Code , the state has made the rental of your Parisian accommodation illegal on Airbnb. Now to rent on the platform, we must respect the scrupulous rules that:

How to rent your accommodation in Paris on Airbnb?

Like Strasbourg or Bordeaux, renting real estate in Paris on platforms such as Airbnb is subject to very square regulation. The respective populations of these cities exceed 200,000 inhabitants, a registration is necessary to establish a tourist rental activity.

In the case of Paris, depending on whether the property for rent evenings your main or secondary residence, the terms of rent on Airbnb differ. In the case of a main residence, a simple online registration is necessary to make tourist rental on Airbnb, without the total annual rental time not exceeding 120 nights. Things are more complicated with regard to secondary residences, which require prior authorization from the Marie de Paris to make tourist rental.

How do I get permission to rent in Paris?

Authorisation from the City of Paris is necessary to rent your property on Airbnb. To obtain this authorization, two conditions must be met:

  • You must apply for changes in the use of your accommodation so that it becomes administratively a commercial area,
  • You must in support of your application for change of use, attach a compensation file. This compensation returns strictu sensu the acquisition in the same borough as the newly leased real estate on Airbnb of a property of surface activity equal to or equal to two times (cases of the boroughs with enhanced compensation) and commit to transforming it into the main house.

If you do not have anything to acquire a transformable commercial property in your home in Paris, you will be able to attach to your request for authorization (and therefore change of use) an assignment of commercial title purchased from an organization wishing to transform an office building into a dwelling. Note that a sale of commercial title is transferred against 1,500 and 2,000 euros/m2. And that is not given.

So you'll understand that sublocation is formally illegal in any form in Paris. Since nothing is fortunately frozen in the marble, Airbnb has partnered with Century 21 to legalize the sublocation in our capital. This device is called Bail Century 21 Airbnb-compatible. It consists of a fair sharing of income from the sub-location between tenants, owners and the real estate agency.

The sub-location of Parisian real estate is mostly for residents in need. In particular, students, young families, modest households who do not have the financial opportunity to access the property.

However, there are exceptions to compensation

Since we are not all housed at the same sign, there are exceptions regarding the rental of your property in the capital. A single case of figure exists in this scheme and only concerns rentals exempted from authorization with compensation. This exemption applies to housing in two urban areas of Paris:

  • Sensible Urban Areas (USZ) or part of the Social Cohesion Urban Contract (CSCU)
  • Areas other than those within which a predominance of office surfaces has been found in relation to housing areas. However, housing should not exceed 50 m2

Where and how to file my authorization application file?

Now that you have verified all the information regarding the rental of your Parisian accommodation on Airbnb (subject to authorization with or without compensation), how do you file the authorization request?

A Service Instructor for Changes of Use has been established for this procedure within the Office for the Protection of Housing Facilities (BPLH). This office is located at 17 Boulevard Morland 75004 Paris. The one-stop shop where to send the various necessary documents is located at Pôle Accueil and Service de l’Usager (PASU) at 6 Promenade Levy-Strauss 75013 Paris.

For more information on the documents to be provided outside of the application for change of use and proof of compensation, visit the public service website .

My authorization in my possession, what is the next step?

Once your rental authorization in Paris on Airbnb in your pocket, everything is not over. It is indeed still necessary to file a declaration of tourism furnished with the City of Paris. This is due to the fact that the residence tax will apply to the rental of the accommodation.

The last step is to the extent that the rental of your property is not subject to compensation, to publish the rental authorization issued by the City Hall to the real estate file of the Paris Mortgage Conservation Office.

All these steps are taken, it is official you can then rent your Parisian accommodation in all peace and legality on Airbnb. From now on, it remains to establish an accounting and to remit to the Tax Administration its due to unobstructed revenues.

Scarlett Green

Scarlett Green

I'm Scarlett Green, a passionate traveler forever captivated by the world's allure. My life is a tapestry of vibrant experiences, from summiting majestic peaks to embracing cultural diversity. Every destination tells a story, and I'm here to share those stories with you. Through my words, I aspire to ignite your wanderlust, offering insights, tips, and the sheer thrill of discovery. Let's embark on this extraordinary journey together, unraveling the world's hidden treasures and creating lasting memories along the way.

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