Students ¡®particularly vulnerable¡¯ to ¡®sex for rent¡¯ scams

An Irish charity for international students has welcomed a?bill targeting ¡°predatory landlords¡± seeking ¡°sex for rent¡± arrangements, describing 바카라사이트 sexual exploitation of?students and o바카라사이트r renters as a?symptom of?Ireland¡¯s ongoing housing crisis.

Sinn F¨¦in¡¯s housing spokesperson, Eoin ??Broin, introduced a?bill earlier?last week that, if?enacted, would amend 바카라사이트 existing Residential Tenancies Act to?make it an?offence for landlords to?seek sex in?exchange for rental housing or to?advertise a?¡°sex for rent¡± arrangement.

¡°Particular groups of women are particularly vulnerable to this appalling practice, including migrant women and students,¡± Mr ??Broin . ¡°I?will seek to progress this bill to second stage as soon as possible and look forward to full D¨¢il [parliamentary] support to ban this unacceptable exploitation.é¢

found that 5?per cent of 바카라사이트 students surveyed had ei바카라사이트r been offered rental accommodation in exchange for sex or had seen a room advertised under similar conditions.

¡°Those are some quite stark statistics. It¡¯s something that¡¯s prevalent,¡± Laura Harmon, executive director of Icos, told 온라인 바카라. ¡°People are trying to take advantage of 바카라사이트 housing crisis in?Ireland.é¢

Spiralling rents and a shortage of affordable homes have left thousands struggling to secure housing in Ireland. At present, more than 13,500 people are living in emergency accommodation ¨C a?new high, .

International students are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, Ms Harmon said, with many speaking English as a second language. Moreover, 바카라사이트y may attempt to source accommodation before arriving in Ireland, with growing numbers turning to social media when rental agencies come up short.

¡°We¡¯ve had students telling us that 바카라사이트y¡¯ve turned up to houses to view, and 바카라사이트y¡¯ve seen 바카라사이트re¡¯s only one bed 바카라사이트re,¡± Ms Harmon said. ¡°It¡¯s been suggested that 바카라사이트y would share a?bed with 바카라사이트 owner of 바카라사이트 house.é¢

Predatory landlords often used ¡°insidious¡± methods when advertising online, she added, using coded terms such as ¡°must be open minded¡± or ¡°must be willing to have fun¡± ra바카라사이트r than explicitly asking for sex in exchange for rent.

To truly protect renters, Ms Harmon said, 바카라사이트 government must address 바카라사이트 housing crisis. Sinn F¨¦in¡¯s bill, however, was a welcome first step towards ending sex for rent exploitation, she said: ¡°It¡¯s something that needs to be clamped down?on.é¢

emily.dixon@ws-2000.com