*That seems like quite a strange scandal for Scotland to be having. Are the Scots that inventive when it comes to prostitution? Or is it a non-issue? Or is it some housing-crisis thing that's going on all over the place, and the Scots are just the first to decry it?
*I wouldn't take a lot of notice of a minor issue like this, except that it was a feature of the overcrowded world of John Brunner's science fiction novel about the year 2010, "Stand on Zanzibar." The novel had a class of futuristic demimondaines who had no homes of their own and would simply stay with random men.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/oct/09/snp-conference-sturgeon-says-brexit-developing-disaster-and-case-for-2nd-referendum-getting-difficult-to-resist-politics-live
Delegates are now debating a resolution saying the Scottish government should pass legislation banning “sex for rent” arrangements.
Here is the full text of the motion.
Conference notes with concern the recent newspaper coverage detailing a disturbing trend in Scottish towns and cities of persons advertising “free” rental on flats and houses to women in exchange for sex. Conference notes this practice is often undertaken on advertising websites, and seek to prey on those with vulnerable housing status, and that those who fall prey lack any form of tenancy rights or protection.
Conference condemns this utterly appalling practice; and resolves to ask the Scottish government to look into introducing new primary legislation making it an offence to solicit sex in exchange for providing accommodation, or advertising accommodation for “free” with the intent to solicit sexual relationships.
