#and these slumlords tend to specifically go after young international students who may not know or are able to do anything

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I'd say it's far worse than tenement housing as at least then you could expect your own room and a modicum of privacy. You'd still have to share a bathroom with several others and deal with any maintenance (or lack of) from the landlord but it was also a fraction of the price.

Sure depending on the time and location, tenements could be overcrowded but I'd still take that over a glorified dorm room that's overcrowded while also living with the RA who's watching you like a hawk (and gets a door and whole room to themself) and possibly hounding you for sex. Or if not hound you for sex, very possibly record video and take photos of you given the utter lack of privacy.

As the province's average rent price for a one-bedroom apartment continues to creep above a range many of us can reasonably afford on our own, landlords continue to search for alarming ways to appeal to prospective tenants who might be strapped for cash.

Adjust your filters on rental websites like Facebook Marketplace or Kijiji, and you're bound to come across at least a handful of listings that fully invade the tenant's privacy.

In just the past year, landlords have gone to great lengths to earn additional income, including stuffing mattresses at the tops of staircases, renting out beds smack dab in the middle of kitchens, and even packing room to the brim with shared bunk beds.

The latest disturbing listing to emerge out of Ontario's rental market is a shared room in Kitchener for $485 per month for one male, or $450 for a couple.

The listing boasts the home's proximity to transit connection points, but glosses over the fact that tenants will have to share beds within less than a foot of each other.

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