Tenant Buyouts

Sexual harassment is not only unwanted physical touching but can be unwanted visual or verbal sexual contact or conduct.

It Is Illegal For Landlords To Sexually Harass Their Tenants. Federal law, California state law, and some local city ordinances protect tenants against sexual harassment.

Property managers, employees of the landlord such as maintenance workers, and anyone involved in providing housing services can also be found liable for sexual harassment.

Harassment of the tenant is pursued to avoid costly legal fees and the hassle of a legal eviction and, most importantly, the landlord typically has no actual cause to evict the tenant other than their bad faith motivation to substantially raise the rent.

Tenants do not have to be actually evicted or constructively evicted to be awarded damages for harassment.

Quid pro quo is when your landlord requires you to engage in unwanted sexual conduct as a condition to obtaining or maintaining your housing.

Hostile environment sexual harassment is when your landlord engages in sexual behavior that is so severe and pervasive that it results in a hostile, intimidating, offensive, or undesirable environment.

Tenants who are harassed by their landlord can file a civil lawsuit against their landlord for damages and for an injunction to stop the behavior.

Other repeated acts or omissions of such significance as to substantially interfere with or disturb the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such dwelling unit and that cause, are likely to cause, or are intended to cause any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of a dwelling unit to vacate such dwelling unit or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy.

Tenants who have a landlord that is using harassment in an attempt to force them to move should contact Tobener Ravenscroft LLP to speak with an experienced attorney.