Linda Morris and Sandra Park File Amicus Brief to Hold Landlords Accountable for Harassment under the Fair Housing Act

Sandra Park (‘03), Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Women’s Rights Project and Linda Morris (‘18), Staff Attorney with the National Center For Law and Economic Justice and former Fellow at the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, published an article on the ACLU website regarding the amicus brief they filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals holding landlords accountable for harassment, including sexual harassment, committed by tenants (“Safe at Home: Fighting Against Sexual Harassment in Housing,” Oct. 1). “Courts should hold landlords accountable when they fail to address harassment, including sexual harassment, committed by tenants — just as employers are responsible for responding to sexual harassment at the workplace, and schools are responsible for responding to complaints by students. . . . It has been established time and again that this nation’s civil rights statutes broadly protect against sexual harassment in every major facet of one’s life. The courts must apply the Fair Housing Act’s protections to ensure equal housing opportunity for women and all marginalized communities.”
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