Exposing ‘sex-for-rent’ ads targeting students | Marketplace

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Sex-for-rent ads are widely available online, but experts call these arrangements illegal and exploitative, targeting young, vulnerable women — often international students. We respond to more than a dozen of these ads, revealing the disturbing trend, confronting the men involved and holding them accountable.

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00:00 – Responding to ads

09:28 – Hidden camera investigation

14:27 – Confronting landlords

17:56 – What can be done?

https://www.cbc.ca/1.7483773

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THE SECRET COST OF HOUSING

producer/director
JEREMY McDONALD

associate producers
SNEHA AGRAWAL
TOMI JOSEPH RAJI

reporter
ASHA TOMLINSON

editor
SIMON PARUBCHAK

camera
DAVID MACINTOSH
OUSAMA FARAG

additional footage
CITY OF BRAMPTON

audio
IGAL PETEL

art director
DAVID ABRAHAMS

graphic designer
YOUSEF ABDEL RAHMAN

media management
ASTORIA LUZZI

social media producers
CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI
BRITT PURDY

colour correction
KYLE J. SMITH

sound mix
MARIANA HUTTEN

resource coordinators
MARC CORMIER
DRAGAN MARICIC

news rollout associate producer
DEXTER McMILLAN

promo producer
GREG SADLER

packaging producer
LINDA SIBONY

senior producer
TIFFANY FOXCROFT

FIRST BROADCAST March 14, 2025