"The Justice Department today announced a new initiative to combat sexual harassment in housing. The initiative specifically seeks to increase the Department’s efforts to protect women from harassment by landlords, property managers, maintenance workers, security guards, and other employees and representatives of rental property owners. As part of the initiative, the Department will work to identify barriers to reporting sexual harassment to the Department and other enforcement agencies, and will collaborate with local law enforcement, legal services providers, and public housing authorities to leverage their expertise.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division enforces the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in housing on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, and disability. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination prohibited under this law. The Civil Rights Division plans to launch a pilot of the initiative in two jurisdictions -- Washington, D.C., and western Virginia -- where it is working with legal service providers and local law enforcement to raise awareness about this issue. The Department hopes to expand the effort to other areas of the country in the near future..."
Sexual discrimination and housing
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