Houses in east London, an area eyed for Olympics lodging ©Tom Shaw, Getty
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You’ve got your tickets to the Olympics in London and need to find accommodations–but would you consider paying upwards of $20,000 for the three-week event?
Surprisingly, landlords throughout London think tourists might pay that much for an apartment rental. And there’s a catch–the tenants in these apartments are being asked to vacate before the Olympics or pay up. Some tenants are seeing rent hikes of up to four times the amount of their rent per week, if they choose to stay in their apartments during the Olympics.
While this is quite a headache for many Londoners, there is some hope for those without housing this summer–a website called campinmygarden.com is offering housing for $43 per person, per night.
More on London’s seasonal housing crisis can be found at MSNBC.com