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One advertisement on Craigslist read: “Are you a lovely female needing a room for a night or two . . don’t want to pay over the top hotel fees?” The advertisement continued, “My place is clean, close to transport and CBD … the only catch is there is one bed only.” “A friends with benefits arrangement?” Another advertisement is more detailed: “You’ve probably figured out the arrangement already, so let’s get down to specifics.” “ME: Handsome, tall, in great shape, generous, self-employed, late 30’s,” “YOU: Young (under 21), gorgeous, adventurous, looking for free rent … However, subtext can be lost on the vulnerable, particularly those with limited English. *Tom has “a free room available in kings cross area for the right Guest…Obviously looking to make an arrangement. But flexible in what that is”. Another, unnamed person in Cronulla is offering free rent and “help with study” for female Asian students, with no indication of what is expected in return.
Sophie*, an international student from China, was shocked by Sydney’s high rent. “The equivalent in Beijing was around $150 a week, and here is so difficult,” she said. Two days after placing an advertisement on Gumtree for “cheap or free rent in exchange for cleaning and cooking”, a young couple asked Sophie to share her body instead. “It was so creepy and kind of scary because it was in person, and there have been lots of emails from older single men, which I find weird. “I am scared sometimes I will agree to something I don’t fully understand in English,” she said. Fortunately, she is not desperate to move immediately, but admits she would be forced to compromise her standards for safety in that instance. Professor Bill Randolph, of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, says the phenomenon is driven by housing cost, combined with a culture of anonymity. “Years ago, you couldn’t have this kind of access to people and be hidden.
“Now, this is the opportunity for people to exploit the vulnerable, who desperately need housing they can afford,” Professor Randolph said. Terry Bincett has offered space in his queen-sized bed in Matraville for $22 a day, through a Craigslist advertisement for those who “aren’t shy”. He likens the offer to meeting in a bar and taking them home, but says sex isn’t a necessary part of the deal. “It is whatever people are comfortable with, and they can choose to have their own room,” Mr Bincett said. In one year, he has attracted eight guests; two women and six men, all but one of whom have been unperturbed by the intimate sleeping arrangements. “One guy in the US spoke to me at 12.30pm on a Wednesday, and was at my door by 6am that Friday!” he said. , Guy Mitchell has made it a policy not to publish posts that allude to exchanging sexual services. “We read and monitor all submissions and watch for this kind of thing. “We want our site to be a reliable and safe place for people to find housing,” Mr Mitchell said.
On its website, Gumtree Australia outlines its policy of deleting any obscene or indecent material, or that which could be false or misleading. A more wholesome alternative could be this offer by an unnamed Gumtree poster in Ramsgate, seeking Christians only. The way tenants make rent is to “cook and clean a little“, but Bible study is compulsory. The landlord, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he had a number of people move in and “profess to be Christians, who have found excuses to not join in Bible studies”. “It’s only an hour and a half a fortnight, it’s not asking a lot,” he said. Meantime, many share house website users are hoping to take advantage of the high cost of rent, to solve their childcare woes. Amy Sacco runs a business from her Kogarah Bay home, and her husband’s work travel often means she is left alone. There was scant interest when she posted her offer of free rent online, in exchange for 12 hours of babysitting a week.
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