Neighbors in this working-class Roxbury neighborhood suspected that the large beige stucco house on Mount Pleasant Avenue was being used for something other than a two-family home: There was a constant flow of male visitors, and scantily clad women were frequently seen rushing out the front door demanding payment from fleeing men.
Two weeks ago, responding to complaints from residents, authorities visited the house and spoke with the owner, Fard Ahmed, who told them that prostitutes visit the 12-room house, according to an official with the city’s Inspectional Services Department. Ahmed said he rented rooms out to satisfy “supply and demand.’’
“If they know prostitutes are coming in and out of my house, why didn’t they arrest them,’’ Ahmed said yesterday afternoon in a phone interview a day after the house was shut down for code violations. “Listen, I rent out a couple of rooms to various people because there is a market, but prostitution can happen anywhere, it can happen at any hotel in the city.’’
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