Airbnb is under pressure in France

In France, there is always the theorie and the praxis. And usually they differ surprisingly.
If the praxis is not satisfying, they tend to make a new law, often not very different from the old one, but still don't go to great lengths to inforce it.

I'm glad about the tourism tax collection, as this seems complicated to pay otherwise but the amounts are very low.

The new tax information may not be easy to connect with the real beneficiary of the income. You are not obliged to verify the account. I declare taxes via the business, but the airbnb account is in my - not verified - name. (Set up six years ago).
On the other hand, income arrives on a bank account and if you get a control, every income is visible. That so many people cheat is only possible, because they do not have enough manpower for controls. That will not be much easier with data arriving that has to be tracked to the taxpayers it belongs to.

I'm living in a residency, several buildings with a common entrance from the street. The first house has 7 floors, 5 small one room apartments per floor. When we arrived in 2004, they were all rented to students, young people on their first job, some old persons and 2 were owner occupied. Now, of the rented ones, there are 2 still occupied by the same neighbors. All others are only short term flats now. Nearly the same for another smaller building, one atelier unoccupied after a death, one is looking for a longterm tenant and one longterm neighbor. All others are short term. Most not on airbnb but via agencies. How do they do that? It's clearly illegal, it deprives Paris of more flats for young and low income residents. And it reduces social interaction.