One property agent told Stewart Ashton the flat was 'traditionally a girls' flat, and we'd like to keep it that way'. Photo / Linda RobertsonOne property agent told Stewart Ashton the flat was 'traditionally a girls' flat, and we'd like to keep it that way'. Photo / Linda RobertsonA group of University of Otago students feel as though they are the victims of gender discrimination after their attempts to rent flats in Dunedin were shunned by property owners, on the grounds they are male. "We were told not to apply for one because the agent said it was 'traditionally a girls' flat, and we'd like to keep it that way'." "Whether or not that's true as a trend, it's prejudicial to assume we are worse tenants due to our gender.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 05, 2021 18:44 UTC