Paris mayoral race: Airbnb host refuses to be used as 'scapegoat' for city's housing problems He owns five flats in Paris, which are fully booked year-round on Airbnb, at an average price of 125 euros/night. Frenchman Nicolas Tsaros is among the thousands of homeowners using the platform to generate a second income, but he insists soaring property prices in the capital have nothing to do with Airbnb, calling out the City of Paris for inflating numbers and using people like him as "scapegoats" as the race for Paris mayor enter its final weeks. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES