Paris is blaming Airbnb for population
declines in the city center Paris is one
of airbnb most popular cities and since
2009 many people have transformed their
primary residences in to seasonal
tourist rentals between 2009 and 2014
the city lost more than 13 thousand
residents in its major neighborhoods
according to the daily paper lay
Parisian now the mayor of one Paris
district is pointing the finger at
therapy and be calling it a quote
catastrophe for the center of the city
but here's the thing thirteen thousand
residents equals about 1% in each of the
districts over a span of five years some
of that drop may be from an increase in
the number of homes being rented to
tourists but a drop in birthrate could
also be a factor to fight people leaving
the Paris city center officials say
they'll increase taxes on second homes
this isn't the only fight the home
sharing network has faced last year
Berlin banned people from renting more
than fifty percent of their apartment
under short-term leases without a permit
some months after that Airbnb filed a
lawsuit in New York for passing a bill
that bars rentals under 30 days in
apartment buildings if the owner or
tenant isn't there during a guest stay