Desperate young women are having sexfor-
In the overheated real estate market, rent is traded with strangers to ensure a safe stay.
A survey by The Weekend Herald found that these arrangements often stem from teenagers and young women being proposed by landlords and hostel owners to have sex, or being targeted by online ads that men propose to share one --
The bedroom apartment in exchange for "some real fun ".
Number of sex reportedfor-
A college student representative described the rent case as "the tip of the iceberg," saying that many of his peers were working to cope with rising rental costs, while social institutions across the country have rescued vulnerable women trapped in these transactions.
Police are aware of the practice and are investigating the case in Auckland.
In the past week, the Weekend Herald contacted five men who recently posted online ads in North America with a fake email account --
Craigslist provides free rent for young women in New Zealand.
The men all responded within hours and an email said, "because ud needs to get used to me," he wouldn't expect to have sex the first night.
In the case of pretending to enter one of the arrangements, two Herald journalists were invited to enter the apartment in the city center and a man was looking for a young woman to "have some real fun"
The man, who works for a large multinational company, advertised last month and said he received four calls of interest.
He took the Herald to visit the apartment and said an international student was currently sharing his king --sized bed;
Her things were placed in a suitcase on the floor of his bedroom.
The student, who recently arrived in New Zealand, is having "mutually agreed" sex, he said.
When asked if he wanted to exchange sex for rent, the man said: "Sex is something that both sides agree.
I never wanted anyone to pay for it, even though I would love to go with a kind person.
The Herald chose not to know anyone else and said, "No one put any pressure on each other . ".
Police, social institutions, student associations and networks
Security organizations are aware of female engagementfor-
Rent is paid with strangers, but it is difficult to know how common this is because the exchange is done with closed doors.
Glen Baldwin, senior officer of the Oakland adult sexual assault group, said his team knew about young women's unknowingly agreeing to the rental arrangements, "as it turns out, this is not exactly what they expected or imagined ".
He said that some of these cases are under active investigation.
Police said that if ongoing accommodation depends on ongoing sexual contact, this could create an imbalance in the relationship and potentially lead to sexual assault in the event of a withdrawal of genuine consent. Sex-for-
Will Matthews, president of the University of Auckland student association, said rent is a "shocking" reality of the struggle students face in today's affordable rental market.
Average weekly rent in Auckland reached $490 last year
According to government rental bond data analyzed by the Herald, an increase of more than $100 per week from 2010.
"The students are getting desperate and have to go back to measures like rentfor-
In order to survive, sex, "said Mr Matthews.
Last year, a student living in sexfor-
He said that the rental arrangements applied to the Association for hardship grants, adding that the number of hardship grant applications more than doubled in the previous year (
Jump from 41 to 96)
Largely because of accommodation problems.
Christchurch has faced a similar housing crisis since the February 2011 earthquake. for-
Rent exchange also happens at the shabby bottom of the city rental market.
Maggy Tai Rakena, manager of sexual abuse agency START at Christchurch, said that the two teenagers had recently fallen behind on rent, and after he proposed a deal, they had sex with the landlord,
They are 17 and 18 years old respectively.
As rents continue to rise across the country, desperate tenants are willing to do "unusual and sad things," she said ". Sarah-
Jane MacMillan, coordinator of sexual abuse support and treatment services at Nielsen (SASH)
According to the organization, the center recently found an increase in the number of young women plundered by sexual behavior --for-
Discounts for backpackers and hostels.
Due to the extreme shortage of emergency accommodation for Nelson adolescent women, Ash was forced to place victims of sexual abuse at local backpackers
In one case, a predatory owner proposed an 18-year-
McMillan said the old victims of free food and accommodation were in exchange for sex.
The teenager asked for help and was immediately taken away, but she told MS Macmillan that six other young women she met among backpackers lived together --for-
Rent arrangement with owner.
Macmillan MS said the police had contacted them, but there was no violation of any law as the owner did not threaten or force these young women to have sex.
"This is an imbalance of power happening here.
"This is a plunder for vulnerable young people who have nowhere to go," MacMillan said . " MS.
"What choice do they have: sleep on the street or do that?
No choice.
However, Catherine Healy, National Union
Coordinator of the New Zealand prostitute group said it was not black and white
Some young women go into sex voluntarily. for-
Rent arrangement or active search for economic benefit.
For MS Healy, red flags in such exchanges surround international women who may not understand the "nuances" in cautious advertising ".
An online ad posted on Craigslist specifically for international students.
It says, "Rent is free! ! !
A sincere and authentic middle-aged divorced man living on the North Shore seeks Asian female students to share an upscale apartment with one bedroom.
Craigslist did not respond to requests for comment several times.
Sean Lyon, chief technology officer at Netsafe, said it was not illegal to release sexual news --for-
Rent an advertisement or establish a sexual relationship for these reasons, but this can become dangerous if the parties are not clear about expectations.
"The worrying factor is that people are deceived into a situation where they think it's just free rent, and then someone puts pressure or coercion on someone in a perceived name, or an agreement, he said.
"If English is not your first language and you move here as a student, you will see an advertisement that says that all they want is some fun, you may really believe that all they want is to play the spelling game.
The days when two strangers were togetherto-
On the same day, it may become very difficult to negotiate consent, Sandz Peipi Te Pou, national manager of Toah-
Nnest said the network to prevent sexual violence.
Peipi Te Pou said: "What we are worried about is that the power of the people who pay the rent will make it difficult for people to say" no "to the sex they don't want ".
"She may be threatened with deportation for not taking certain actions, or she may find that her personal space has been violated, all as evidenced by" his version of the rule"
"The police urge anyone seeking accommodation, especially from outside the city and even the country, to conduct as many background checks as possible before entering the rental arrangement.