A leading estate agency in Scotland has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties following fresh reports of unscrupulous landlords offering sex-for-rent.
The recent Times investigation into online adverts revealed six landlords in Scotland offering rentals in exchange for sex with their tenants and follows findings from Shelter Scotland which point to a growing sex-for-rent epidemic in the region.
While these arrangements are illegal in England under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, Scottish law is more ambiguous because sex-for-rent is not necessarily considered prostitution as money does not change hands.
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