Hot-bedding, a distant relative of hot-desking, involves sharing a bed with a stranger, usually while sleeping in shifts. Photo: Shutterstock
Hot-bedding, a distant relative of hot-desking, involves sharing a bed with a stranger, usually while sleeping in shifts. Photo: Shutterstock
Australia

Forget co-living, ‘hot-bedding’ sees students in Australia share beds with strangers to save on rent

  • ‘Hot-bedding’ involves sharing a mattress with a stranger – usually sleeping in shifts – in order to split the rent on a room
  • It’s increasingly being used by migrants and international students in Australia, and elsewhere, to combat the high cost of living and housing crisis

Hot-bedding, a distant relative of hot-desking, involves sharing a bed with a stranger, usually while sleeping in shifts. Photo: Shutterstock
Hot-bedding, a distant relative of hot-desking, involves sharing a bed with a stranger, usually while sleeping in shifts. Photo: Shutterstock
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