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Sexual harassment is considered a form of sex discrimination that is prohibited by the Fair Housing Act. Sexual harassment includes any unwanted sexual advance, request for sexual favors, or other unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment can occur to any person, male or female, and can be committed by someone of the same sex or some-one of the opposite sex. Sexual harassment committed by a landlord, real estate agent, build¬ing manager, maintenance person, loan officer, insurance agent, or any other person involved in providing housing, or involved in a real estate-related transaction, is a violation of the Fair Housing Act. In some instances, property owners or managers may be held respon¬sible for failing to help a tenant who they know is being harassed by another tenant or neighbor.
A victim of sexual harassment is not required to follow the par¬ticular sexual harassment reporting procedures of the property owner or manager in order to have his or her sexual harassment claim addressed. If you have experienced sexual harassment, or otherwise believe you have been discriminated against in violation of the Fair Hous¬ing Act, you may file a complaint directly with the U.S. Depart¬ment of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), contact the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Human Relations Commission (“Metro”).
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Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. Both victim and the harasser can be either a woman or a man, and the victim and harasser can be the same sex. Although the law doesn’t prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or isolated incidents that are not very serious, harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision (such as the victim being fired or demoted). The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or someone who is not an employee of the employer, such as a client or customer.