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Nice Cracks Down on Illegal Airbnb Key Boxes

Keys Promenade (Nice-Matin)

The AirBnb-style key boxes stuck onto public walls have always been illegal but have continued to proliferate and can now be found on sign posts, bike parkings, and building railings. The Mayor has declared that enough is enough. Starting now, all the keyboxes will get a red sticker with the date written on it, and a notice that they have 15 days to remove it. If it's not gone then it will be cut off and confiscated. You can apply to recover it but it will require a few hoops to jump through including a copy of your title deeds. The Mayor is keen to stress it's nothing to do with AirBnb but what he considers a blight on Nice streets that are an eyesore and an unauthorised abuse of public property. You have been warned!

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