A REALTOR says that a recent Facebook Marketplace listing for someone to share the other side of a bed is yet another sign of how "unhinged" Toronto's rental market has become, not to mention the health risk as a recent huge outbreak of bed bugs in Europe and France in particular showed, where pharmacies were providing sprays to kill the vermin and salves to soothe the bites.
Clearly there are no such issues in Toronto if people are willing to share beds with strangers.
The absurd rental listing which has been subsequently removed from the social media platform read, "looking for an easygoing FEMALE to share the master bedroom and the ONE QUEEN SIZE BED".
"I have been previously sharing the bedroom which ONLY HAS ONE QUEEN SIZE BED with a roommate I found on Facebook and it worked out perfectly well!"
The listing also required A$2,105 upfront for a rental deposit, which included the first and last month's rent plus an additional A$110 for the key fob.
Toronto realtor Anya Ettinger brought attention to the listing through a TikTok video, which amassed 605,000 views.
Ettinger told CTV News Toronto that she has never encountered a listing like this in all her years in the industry, "I think it shows really how sad it is here, I mean people are - rightfully so - committed to staying in the city, creating a market for stuff like this."
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