[When Helen put down a deposit for a
studio flat in 2021, she didn’t think she’d
quickly fall into financial difficulty and struggle
to pay rent. After the care worker from
Manchester revealed her situation to her
new landlord, he propositioned her with a
sex-for-rent agreement; he would visit the
flat once a week for sex and in return, forfeit
her monthly rental fee.
Shocked by the idea at first,
Helen eventually accepted the deal, thinking it
would help her get back on her feet.
It didn’t.]
[“The first time he came over for it [sex],
he was so forceful… I hated every second,”
Helen tells The Lead. After he left,
I just felt so awkward and dirty.
We had an agreement that he would not
try to force me to do things I wasn't
comfortable with… but the second time he
returned, it became obvious he
didn’t care about the ground rules
we agreed on.”
The 29-year-old immediately regretted her
decision to agree to a
sex-for-rent arrangement.
She was so scared after witnessing his
behaviour in their second meeting that
she was unable to follow through with
any more physical contact with her landlord.
“When he came over for our
third arrangement, I put my key in the door,
turned off the lights and pretended
I was asleep. He called me up so many times.
I knew that he was furious.
I pretended to be busy at work,
but he got even angrier.”
After Helen refused to proceed with
their sex-for-rent arrangement,
her landlord retracted their initial offer.
“
I assumed that because we
still [had sex] twice,
some of my rent would be discounted,
but he told me I still owed the full rent.
” Eventually, Helen had to leave her flat.
She never recovered the money
that her landlord had agreed to
discount from her arrears in
exchange for sex.]
https://thelead.uk/sex-rent-landlord...perate-tenants
Terrible
that some women get trapped.