Renting a flat in India is a tedious process but what more difficult is if you are a bachelorette or a student. Most often landlords or neighbours don’t intend to rent out their flats to unmarried or students. A similar incident was shared by a Reddit user about his sister getting kicked out of already rented flat in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar for ‘being single.’ In the post, a user named @smash_1048 explained the incident briefly and expressed it as “not just disappointing, it’s discriminatory.”
The female student rented out a 3BHK flat in Gandhinagar along with 2 more girls. They also confirmed on the bachelorette policy of the society to avoid any disputes later on which the broker ensured them and said that he will manage. They paid brokerage and moved their belongings into the flat.
Neighbours Objected Renting Flat To ‘Single Girls’
Afterwards, before they could start living in the flat, the neighbours objected to renting the flat to ‘single girls’ and put a complaint to the builder. The builder put the flat on notice, refusing to let them stay even though the landlord was okay with it.
In the Reddit post, the user wrote about contacting the neighbours to confront the situation. The user wrote, “My sister tried contacting the neighbour uncle to explain that they won’t cause any nuisance. She introduced herself and started talking when the guy just hung up on her. Then he blocked her everywhere.”
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The user has penned down his frustration in the post, wrote, “This is not just disappointing, it’s discriminatory. Now all the moving costs are on us and we have to do it a second time and also have to find a new place just before college starts. Why should young adults be it students or working be denied a place to live after everything is finalized just because of outdated societal biases?”
The user also gave update on the dispute, in today, July 6 update the user said that the landlord has thretened his sister to move out her things out the next day or else he will have it thrown out.
