Nice STR Rules Under Threat as Ciotti Election Appeal Looms
The transitional STR regulation takes effect 1 September 2026, but a late-September election appeal hearing could destabilise the Ciotti administration and threaten enforcement of the 120-night cap and 5-year permit framework.
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Nice’s transitional short-term rental framework takes effect on 1 September 2026. But its enforcement stability is already under a cloud: a legal challenge to the March 2026 municipal election that brought Mayor Éric Ciotti to power will be heard by the Tribunal Administratif de Nice, likely in late September 2026. If the appeal succeeds, the Ciotti administration could be destabilised at the very moment it is meant to be implementing the new STR rules: a 120-night annual cap, five-year renewable permits, and a city-wide quota of 691 properties.
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