Tenant asked residents' association if she was 'supposed to have sex with landlord'

Story was revealed by Social Democrats election candidate at the launch of the party's renters' charter

The party's renters' charter proposes to make sex for rent a criminal offence, something that women's groups and homeless charities have been calling for in recent years. File picture

A renter asked her local residents' association whether she was "supposed to have sex with her landlord" and if that was something that was expected in Ireland, a Social Democrats election candidate has revealed.

The woman's story was brought up with Eoin Hayes while out canvassing and he raised it at the launch of the party's renters' charter, noting that the Government voted down the Ban on Sex for Rent Bill introduced by the Social Democrats two years ago.