Questions about where to stay in Paris (9/1-9/7)

I found this article. http://www.thelocal.fr/20160113/paris-cracks-down-on-illegal-airbnb-flats
It looks like Airbnb has agreed to pay the city for its bookings in Paris and people aren't allowed to rent their apartments for more than 120 days a year.

There are hundreds of rooms/properties listed for Paris, however strangely few for the 6th Arr. You can only rent for 120 days a year ... see,s an odd policy ... and how does anyone enforce it? Oh well, good luck with it.

I read an article (forgot where to be honest) which stated that the main problem was that people rent apartments they are not legally allowed to (like subletting). I thought everything was ok after airbnb 's decision to pay more taxes..

Hi jarmstr,

I love this part of Paris and if I'm on my one, I always stay in a hotel not far from Boulevard Saint-Michel (the ones towards Luxemburg Gardens are cheaper) but with friends I have stayed at the Citadines which are non-serviced apartments with laundary facilities and all the other facilities you would expect in a hotel (you can request a service if you want). They were very good value and ideally located on the river opposite Pont Neuf

http://www2.citadines.com/en/france/paris/saint_germain_des_pres.html

The situation with Airbnb is the Loi Alur which was enacted to keep rental properties for local residents, since most of the metropolitan areas of France (not just Paris) suffer from a dearth of affordable rental housing.
There have been rental agencies which ensured the properties they handled paid the taxes and met the building code requirements. (Once when looking for an apt. rental in Paris I saw the most unsafe, barely sanitary
'apartments' for rent which did not meet any of the standards).
There should be a way to verify that an Airbnb listing IS legal...if I can find that, I'll post again.
I rented a 'cottage' (freestanding) in the Montmartre area. It's more residential and the company did follow all the laws (and belong to an oversight organization) so I felt secure the neighbors wouldn't complain about me and call the police.
I've usually rented when I've stayed in rural areas in France and prefer the privacy that a rental offers as well as the ability to plan my day around my schedule and not the chambermaid or provider of petit dejeuner or
being surrounded by other people.
To get a real sense of Paris where residents live and work and shop and eat, do look at some of the posts on this forum. You'll see Paris in a new light...
http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com/board/46

The situation with Airbnb is the Loi Alur which was enacted to keep rental properties for local residents, since most of the metropolitan areas of France (not just Paris) suffer from a dearth of affordable rental housing.

The standard economist response to this is that, if you control rents, and restrict the freedoms of owners/landlords, then fewer new houses for rent will be built. These are complex arguments, and beyond the scope of the thread, I suspect.

You can find more rentals here: https://www.vrbo.com/

I found this article. http://www.thelocal.fr/20160113/paris-cracks-down-on-illegal-airbnb-flats
It looks like Airbnb has agreed to pay the city for its bookings in Paris and people aren't allowed to rent their apartments for more than 120 days a year

It was not the only case when city's officials decide to initiate some measures against Airbnb hosts. San Francisco where the service was launched was one of the first cities which authorities tried to put limits on renting policy of Airbnb. So called "Proposition". I read about it here https://tranio.com/united-kingdom,germany,spain,usa,france/analytics/airbnb_a_game-changer_for_the_commercial_property_market_4982/

San Francisco is also going to require a business license and require that Airbnb ensure that their renters (the hosts) have
a valid license before allowing the listing on the website. Seems that's always been the case for anyone doing business in
SF, they're just requiring enforcement. And they'll be applying the same law to Lyft and Uber drivers too, but in their case,
they have to report their income.
The theory behind the rental license is that the funds will go toward more affordable housing.

The theory behind the rental license is that the funds will go toward more affordable housing.

Everyone can dream I suppose.