Safety
For women renters.
Women carry more risk when looking for a home, so some protections apply only to women and mixed groups. Here is exactly what they are.
What we do for you
- You are hidden. Landlords see you as “Verified tenant”. No name, no free-text intro, no exact budget, until you reply to them.
- Landlords must earn the right to write to you. To invite a woman or a mixed group they need a verified email, a live listing and a phone number on file. They are limited to three invitations a day.
- One upheld safety report ends it. A landlord whose account or listing has a confirmed safety report can no longer invite women or mixed groups.
- Women-only homes are accountable. To post one, a landlord must have a phone number on file with us. It stays hidden from tenants.
- Women-only is a hard rule. Those homes never match anyone else, and nobody can click past it.
- You choose who can invite you. Turn invitations off in your search. You can still contact landlords, but they cannot start a conversation with you.
- Safety reports act first. “I need help now”, harassment and unsafe property pause the listing immediately and go to the top of the queue.
- No money talk. Messages that ask for advance, token or UPI details are refused.
Your own tools
- Trusted contact. Save one person on your account page. Every listing then has a “Share my visit” button that opens a message to them with the home, the area and a request to call you if they do not hear from you.
- Emergency numbers on every listing page and on your dashboard once someone accepts.
- Block anyone from your dashboard. It ends the conversation and hides your details.
Before you visit
- Take a friend or family member to the first visit.
- Share your live location with someone you trust while you visit.
- Ask who else has keys and how visitors are screened at the gate.
- Check the entry lighting, the gate and the lane after dark before agreeing.
- If anything feels wrong, leave. Then report the listing so we can review it quickly.
- Ask to meet at the society gate or a nearby shop first, then go up with the guard or a neighbour aware.
- Check the listing page: gated society, guard, CCTV, well-lit entry, female caretaker, video door phone. Fewer ticks means ask more questions.
- Never agree to leave your ID or pay money before a proper visit and an agreement.
If something happens
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See Need help now for what to do, and how to report so we can act within hours.