Paris Officials Begin Raiding Airbnb Rentals for Housing Violations
11.08.2014
by Ania Nussbaum, Skift
The world’s most visited city is stepping up its crackdown on illegal vacation rentals.
As in New York and Barcelona, officials in Paris say companies such as Airbnb Inc. have spawned a cottage industry of scofflaw landlords who are cheating citizens out of housing and depriving localities of much-needed revenue from the growth in international travel.
Paris Officials Begin Raiding Airbnb Rentals for Housing Violations
