Tenant owes landlord €46k in ‘Airbnb rent’

A tenant who sublet her Paris property on rentals website Airbnb without proper consent has been ordered to pay her landlord all the money she received in illegal rents.

Connexion journalist

Published Wednesday 05 December 2018 - 15:25 Modified Wednesday 05 December 2018 - 15:25

The tenant was found to have breached a clause in her rental lease, and was ordered to pay €46,000 plus €1,000 damages. The court also ordered that she should be evicted.

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