Housing Discrimination Based on Sex

Sexual harassment is when a person makes unwanted sexual advances or comments or seeks sexual acts in exchange for housing benefits. 

Examples:

“I’ll take $50 off the rent if you go on a date with me this Friday.”

Your landlord comes into your home without notice, often when you are in the shower.

Discrimination based on gender roles or gender stereotyping is discrimination against you because you don’t fit the discriminator’s idea or stereotype of what a person of your biological sex can do or how you should behave.

Examples:

• “You’re a woman. You can’t afford the rent without a man.”
• “Oh good, you’re a guy. You can help me out around the yard.”
• “You don’t want this house. You’re a woman and it has a wood stove.”
• “I know how guys are, and I don’t want a lot of parties.”
• “You’re an attractive woman. I don’t want lots of guys coming around.”

If you think you were discriminated against in housing, you have choices for what to do. See our Housing Discrimination: What To Do page.