Landlords dread renting out their houses to us; they see us as prostitutes –Single women (Punch)

By the time she emerged from the long meeting she and her agent had with her prospective landlord that morning, 43-year-old Miss Toyosi Adeyemi had become completely flustered and angry. For the fourth time in three days, she had been rejected by landlords on account of being single. In company with her younger sister two days earlier, she had inspected the vacant two-bedroomed flat belonging to a 73-year-old retired civil servant and his wife and had fallen in love with the premises, located in Omole Phase I Estate on Lagos Mainland, less than 30 minutes drive from her office on Allen Avenue. Read more