Paris just issued nearly €1M in illegal Airbnb fines.
Paris just issued nearly €1M in illegal Airbnb fines.
In three months.
For context:
2024 total: €1.3M 2025 total: €2.4M Q1 2026 alone: ~€1M
And that's before a €585,000 judgment lands in Q2 against one SCI that converted a former social housing building in the 9th arrondissement into 11 Airbnbs.
Third corporate landlord fine in ten weeks.
Why now?
→ New mayor Emmanuel Grégoire ran on tightening STR rules → A 150-person enforcement brigade was approved 3 days before the €585k ruling → Loi Le Meur doubled the per-unit fine to €100,000 → On 20 May, EU Regulation 2024/1028 turns on the data taps…
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