Increasingly, women living in poverty who have had difficulty making a living due to Corona19 are forced to have 'sex' instead of monthly rent.

According to foreign media such as Reuters on the 22nd at local time, the United States Fair Housing Association (NFHA) survey found that sexual exploitation by landlords has increased 13% since the Corona 19 incident.

The NFHA explained that when women who lost their jobs due to Corona19 were unable to pay their monthly rent, the landlord was frequently threatening to "get out of sex." One woman who suffered complained, "As a single mom, I had no choice. I couldn't lose my home."

British housing charity 'Shelter England' pointed out the same problem. According to the 2018 survey, there are 250,000 women who have been asked to have sex on behalf of monthly rent over the past five years. I warned you.

Sexual exploitation by landlords is becoming more serious, such as online advertisements such as 'You can replace your monthly rent with sex' in these two countries, but there are no realistic measures. 

Experts pointed out the current rules of law that women could be punished for prostitution if they accuse the victim. In addition, the reason why women have no choice but to respond to the demands of the landlord is also due to rising housing prices. In the current crisis, the government must freeze the rent and provide an institutional safety net so that it cannot be unilaterally driven away by the landlord.

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