“We’ve received more cases at our office in the last two days than we have in the last two years,” one women's advocate told BuzzFeed News.
And now some landlords are allegedly using the crisis as an opportunity to sexually harass vulnerable tenants struggling to afford rent.
Have you been sexually harassed by a landlord during the coronavirus crisis? Contact this reporter at [email protected] “Of course that’s not the root cause of why it’s happening, but it makes it easier because now [landlords] have access to people at their fingertips,” said Jabola-Carolus. “We’ve heard some landlords are attempting to use the situation where a tenant falls behind to pressure a tenant into exchanging sex for rent,” said Ring.
In particular, women of color and trans women are often the most likely to be targeted for sexual harassment by landlords, said Ring.
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