Irish Examiner view: Legislate to make 'sex for rent' a crime

Legislation that criminalises the purchase of sex limits may not cover this situation

Landlords are offering rooms in exchange for sexual favours in Limerick and Dublin.

Our dysfunctional housing system produces many scapegoats. Politicians, financial institutions, and developers tend to bear the brunt of the criticism.

Some of it is fair, some of it less so; the focus tends to be on the affordability of housing, but the crisis isn’t limited to those who would own their own home.