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73 per cent of people have discriminated against a potential housemate because they were overweight

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Not everyone’s as accepting as the Fresh Meat crew (Picture: Channel 4)

More bad news for generation rent…

Forget dodgy landlords, exorbitant rents and shoddy repair work, it seems that the biggest curse in the rental market may be your fellow renters.

Anyone who has ever experienced the horror of a housemate interview will know how scary and demeaning they can be.

And now we have facts to back it up, as a survey has revealed that discrimination – on everything from weight and age to sexuality – is rife in the rental market.

So, where should we start?

Well firstly there’s the fact that a massive 73 per cent of people admitted to rejecting a potential housemate because of their weight, while 71 per cent turned an applicant down because… Read the full story


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