Protecting the vulnerable.
POTUS is going to Toledo for rally and DOJ had this report regarding Toledo.
Note the date of this Trump adminsitration policy!!!
This is the 12th lawsuit alleging a pattern or practice of sexual harassment in housing that the Department has filed since it launched its >Sexual Harassment in Housing Initiative in late 2017.<
In October 2017 (Sessions is AG), the DOJ launched an initiative to combat sexual harassment in housing. In April 2018, the Department announced the nationwide rollout of the initiative, including three major components: an outreach toolkit to leverage the Department’s nationwide network of U.S. Attorney’s Offices, a public awareness campaign, including the release of a national Public Service Announcement, and a new joint Task Force with HUD to combat sexual harassment in housing.
The lawsuit seeks monetary damages to compensate the victims, civil penalties, and a court order barring future discrimination.
Individuals who believe that they have information that is relevant to this case should contact the Department of Justice at 1-833-938-1375 or by email at fairhousing@usdoj.gov. Persons who have information about sexual harassment in other housing can contact the Justice Department’s Sexual Harassment in Housing Initiative by calling 1-844-380-6178, or through email at fairhousing@usdoj.gov.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-toledo-landlord-who-subjected-women-sexual-0
“Sexual harassment of women tenants by landlords and their agents violates the Fair Housing Act and, worse, destroys the ability of women and their families to live in peace and security. This illegal and despicable conduct inflicts emotional, psychic, and often physical pain and suffering on victims, including children,” said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband. “Anyone who preys on women and their families should be on notice: the United States Department of Justice will continue aggressively to prosecute abusers and seek justice for the victims of cruel and inhumane sexual harassment.”
“Housing instability is a contributing factor to poverty, under education, and violent crime,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Justin Herdman.
NOTE: I wonder how much of this polcy is applied to California?
Who are's the bad guys in Toledo and what did they do? Is this policy also tied into child exploitation?
Jeffery Hubbard, Anthony’s brother; Ann Hubbard, his mother; and Pay Up LLC. Anthony Hubbard acted as an agent for his three co-defendants while engaging in many of the various acts of harassment alleged in the complaint. The United States’ complaint alleges that Anthony Hubbard engaged in severe and pervasive sexual harassment that included making unwelcome sexual advances and comments and sending sexual text messages, videos, and photos to female tenants; offering to grant benefits — such as reducing security deposits, rent amounts, and waiving late fees — in exchange for sex or sexual acts; refusing to provide maintenance services or taking other adverse housing actions such as eviction against female tenants who objected to or refused his sexual advances; entering the homes of female tenants without their consent, and expressing a preference for renting to single female tenants.