Housing crisis drives sex-for-rent exploitation

An international student has laid bare the stark realities of the Irish housing market for those looking to study here, revealing that one of her friends found a camera in her room put there by her landlord.

One in 20 international students in Ireland are being exposed to proposals of rent-free accommodation in exchange for sex, according to a new report into housing in Ireland by the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS).

The report also revealed that one in seven are being offered accommodation where they are expected to share a room – and sleep in the same bed – with a stranger.

Speaking to BreakingNews.ie, Ana Valdez, an English language student from Mexico who is living and studying in Dublin, said decent housing is supposed to be a human right.

I have a friend and her landlord put some video cameras inside of her room and she didn’t know until she found the camera.

“When she found the camera he said it was for security. But she asked, why not outside? Of…

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