Male university students struggle to secure flats, claim gender discrimination by landlords
Male students hunting for flats claim that many landlords are biased against them, claiming they are being unfairly judged as being rowdy, drunken tenants. Aimee Muller reports on their experiences - and the ways they are negotiating the issue.
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