The offending adverts typically offer free room or bed share in exchange for “intimacy”, “benefits” or “fwb” – friends with benefits. While many appear in London, room shares in exchange for sex are advertised around the country through sites such as Craigslist. [...]
This was grimly illustrated in a survey carried out last year where people detailed their experiences. One woman told how a landlord wanted to have sex with her in return for keeping the rent down – while her six-year-old daughter was in the garden. “He was asked to leave. He did. Damp was never fixed. Asthmatic kid still needed hospital.” [...]
However, Kyle has become frustrated at the lack of prosecutions in the area. “We do not necessarily need new laws, I just want to see the existing ones applied. Advertising in this way is not against the law – only the actual transaction is. This makes prosecution difficult.”
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