Overview
- Two multiproprietors were found to have operated 23 tourist flats illegally and were fined €171,000 and €53,500, with all units ordered back to residential use within three months under a €10 per day per m² astreinte.
- Two conciergeries involved in the listings were also sanctioned, owing €8,000 and €23,000 to the city.
- The court dismissed the municipality’s case against a third owner, ruling the city failed to prove prior residential use, and ordered the city to pay the couple €2,000.
- A fourth owner’s case was transferred to the Toulon court due to a conflict of interest, and additional owners are scheduled to be assigned on May 6.
- The penalties were far below the roughly €2.4 million the city had sought, as Marseille pursues broader enforcement across about 13,000 identified tourist rentals, roughly half deemed non‑compliant.