To those who are interested in renting this apartment, please read my review before doing so, so you don’t find yourself in my situation.
For 4 weeks of my stay, there was a homeless man living in the building, at times, sleeping right in front of the apartment. I have reported to the host almost every day of my stay, and requesting a change in passcode. The host did nothing. He didn’t even come in to talk to the homeless man. He called the police once and left for work, knowing that the police could not enter residential building without a resident. I wanted this apartment to work. I gave the host almost 3 weeks and when I found out he did nothing, despite telling me he was trying, and the homeless man got agitated, I had to involve the French authority on my behalf, multiple times. I had to ask random local French to help being my witness. I had to miss school and works because the homeless man was lurking outside of the apartment. I lost so much time trying to get airbnb involved just to find out they don't consider tenant's safety as their priority. Please note, their words that unless I'm actively being harmed, to airbnb, it's not a safety issue.
I talked to the neighbors and found out the homeless man has lived in the building for almost a year, so for the host to say he wasn't aware. It’s a bit farfetched. So essentially, he wasn’t being transparent with his listing.
Airbnb will not be on your side if you report this to them. They told me unless the homeless man is physically in the listing, they do not see this a safety issue. Even when I explicitly asked them in a recorded conversation: “so I must be stabbed, bleeding out to dead for you to consider this a safety issue” they were stuttering, avoiding to say yes or no to my question.
The host will not even give you a partial refund. Airbnb will not help you relocate to safe place, unless you are willing to forfeit your right to a refund to this listing and pay out of pocket for your new place, last minutes.
So please, ignore those >200 superficially positive reviews and save yourself the emotional, financial and opportunity costs by not renting this place. I want to fight to change Airbnb policies and now they even not letting me talk to the higher up. They're too eager to close this case, in effort to protect their business. I have police reports and testimonies from neighbors and those who had helped me. I will continue to fight for their change in policies, but I hope you consider my review seriously and do not get yourself in troubles.