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The advertisement appeared in the rooms and shares section of an online classified website and offered “free rent for the right girl.”

“I’m an attractive mid 30s white male, clean, groomed, fit. Let’s drink tonight and see if we can make this work.”

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The ad wasn’t the only one of its kind.

“Rent negotiable or open to alternate payment ideas.”

“Free rent for a female that is willing to play the roll (sic) of a wife.”

The Vancouver men posting these ads don’t always say it outright, but their intent is clear: sexual favours instead of rent.

The ads have become common over the past year or so as Vancouver’s housing prices have skyrocketed, leaving more people in search of rental accommodations.

Rentals have become expensive and scarce, and people are looking for roommates to offset the cost. The ads have also appeared on classified sites in other cities with hot housing markets, such as San Francisco, New York and Auckland, N.Z.