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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

Popular European city uses angle grinders to remove key safes in holiday rentals crackdown

Hosts can collect their dismantled key boxes from Marseille’s lost property office - (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The mayor of Marseille has announced a ban on key safes mounted outside holiday lets in the latest crackdown on seasonal rentals in the city.

City hall agents will be permitted to dismantle the now illegal lock boxes with angle grinders if hosts do not heed warnings to remove the self-check-in service.

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