We can condemn unfair treatment from Landlords without denying hard truths. Landlords don’t just turn down singles for nothing. Lagos is full of flats that started with one single girl & then fiam! 40girls in one bedroom doing olosho. Same way loud yahoo boys bombard flats.Thread
If you also own a property, you’ll want to take precautions, except Ofcourse you’re also a reckless landlord & don’t care. I’ve had single Neigbours turn a decent apartment to a Bronx neighborhood with everyday weed & girls & fighting. In a >2.5m rental house with families & kids
Go to Lekki 1, Chevron, Osapa, Surulere, Ajah, etc. I have many friends complain about their houses going ghetto because some new single girl or boy came in & made a nuisance of an otherwise decent compound. It’s a general perception that families are more stable & decent.
When I was single & wanted to move home, my landlord insisted he couldn’t rent his house to a single guy, until after he read my CV, called the office & I told him I was engaged that he gave it out. He still said it till I left that he wasn’t convinced till I moved in & behaved.
Yes landlords should be more rigorous with due diligence & not just blanket turn down of singles, esp women. But when you advocate for prostitution as acceptable means of hustle, or glorify yahoo & reckless toxic single behavior in men, be ready to accept the social consequences.
It is not just a gender issue. Let’s stop being hypocritical and deflect from the hard truth that stares us in the face. Many of you screaming unfair treatment also have parents who have refused to give their homes to singles, or Yorubas, or Igbos. Let’s start from there. End
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