Dear Public Service Advertising Director:

While you already know about sexual harassment in the workplace, we need your help to put the spotlight on sexual harassment in housing situations. While the subject matter is unsettling and unfamiliar to many, the problem is pervasive. The Fair Housing Act is a critical tool to help victims of sexual harassment in housing put a stop to it. Sexual harassment happens in housing when someone, usually a young woman, is preyed upon by an unethical landlord, leasing agent, maintenance manager, housing authority personnel or other housing related worker. This type of sexual harassment often happens to women (and men) who don't have other affordable housing options, and it usually takes these forms:

The first is when a housing provider makes someone engage in sex or sex-related conduct as a condition of obtaining or maintaining housing. This is quid pro quo harassment.

The second type involves what is called a hostile environment. This happens when someone, such as a landlord or maintenance person, makes lewd comments, touches someone without permission, enters an apartment uninvited and without a valid reason, and other acts that make someone feel unsafe or uncomfortable at home. No one should have to feel unsafe in their own home. Sexual harassment in housing situations isn't just wrong, it's against the law. The Fair Housing Act protects your listeners from such harassment. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Fair Housing Alliance encourage people to file a complaint, so the sexual harassment can be investigated and stopped.

Please share these No Strings Attached Radio PSAs (available in :60 and :30 lengths in English and Spanish) with your listeners soon, as they are ready to air immediately and have no expiration date. Thank you for getting out this important message. Sincerely,

Anna Maria Farías Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Lisa Rice President and CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance

RADIO PSA SCRIPTS

"No Strings Attached" (:60)

MUSIC UP AND UNDER NARRATOR V/O: HAVING REPAIRS DONE IN YOUR APARTMENT SHOULD NEVER COME WITH STRINGS ATTACHED, LIKE BEING HARASSED AND CONSTANTLY PRESSURED FOR SEXUAL FAVORS. WOMAN 1 V/O: MY LEAKY FAUCET TURNED INTO THE MAINTENANCE MAN ASKING "WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THE KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER?" WOMAN 2 V/O: I NEEDED MY AIR CONDITIONER FIXED BUT MY BUILDING MANAGER REPEATEDLY KEPT COMING INTO MY APARTMENT UNANNOUNCED AND WITHOUT PERMISSION. WOMAN 3 V/O: MY LANDLORD TOLD ME MY RENT WOULD BE FREE IF I GAVE HIM "SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE". NARRATOR V/O: SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY ANY ONE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR HOUSING ISN'T JUST WRONG, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. THE FAIR HOUSING ACT PROTECTS YOU FROM HARASSMENT INCLUDING SOMEONE MAKING UNWELCOME SEXUAL ADVANCES OR REFUSING TO MAKE REPAIRS BECAUSE YOU DENY SEXUAL FAVORS. IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU YOU COULD STOP IT BY FILING A COMPLAINT WITH HUD. WOMAN 2 V/O: SO I CALLED HUD AND FILED A COMLPLAINT AGAINST MY BUILDING MANAGER. NO STRINGS ATTACHED. NARRATOR V/O: FAIR HOUSING. THE LAW IS ON YOUR SIDE. TO LEARN MORE VISIT HUD DOT GOV SLASH FAIR HOUSING. THAT'S HUD DOT GOV SLASH FAIR HOUSING. IF YOU FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY CALL NINE ONE ONE. A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM HUD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE. FADE SOUND OUT

RADIO PSA SCRIPTS

"No Strings Attached" (:30)

MUSIC UP AND UNDER NARRATOR V/O: HAVING REPAIRS DONE IN YOUR APARTMENT SHOULD NEVER COME WITH STRINGS ATTACHED, LIKE BEING HARASSED AND CONSTANTLY PRESSURED FOR SEXUAL FAVORS. WOMAN V/O: MY LANDLORD TOLD ME MY RENT WOULD BE FREE IF I GAVE HIM "SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE". NARRATOR V/O: THE FAIR HOUSING ACT PROTECTS YOU FROM HARASSMENT BY ANY ONE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR HOUSING, INCLUDING SOMEONE MAKING UNWELCOME SEXUAL ADVANCES. IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU FILE A COMPLAINT WITH HUD. NO STRINGS ATTACHED. NARRATOR V/O: TO LEARN MORE VISIT HUD DOT GOV SLASH FAIR HOUSING. IF YOU FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY CALL NINE ONE ONE. A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM HUD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE. FADE SOUND OUT

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No Strings Attached (:60, :30)

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