As families flee Paris, fingers point at Airbnb


  • TECH
  • Friday, 05 Jul 2019

This picture taken on June 27, 2019 shows the Vaugirard elementary school in Paris. - The bells will ring for the last time next week when pupils at Vaugirard elementary school in central Paris leave on holidays, the latest school in the city to close as spiralling property prices drive families out of the capital. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP)

PARIS: The bells will ring for the last time this week at Vaugirard elementary school in central Paris, the latest school in the city to close as spiralling property prices drive families out of the capital. 

Just 51 students were enrolled this year at Vaugirard, a stark illustration of the steady decline in numbers at many schools in central Paris which some parents and teachers blame on the surge of home-renting giant Airbnb. 

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