I live in California in a small college town, and am a woman in her twenties. I have lived and rented with the same roommate for the last year. She is also my landlord. While we didn't see each other much she began confiding in me a lot and in December of 2009 made a sexual overture towards me. I told her it made me uncomfortable, that it was unrequited, and she apologized. There has been no similar incident since until recently.
I have had difficulties finding another rental property for next year, and renewed my lease at the last minute. Since then, the harassment has begun again - part of me thinks I'm overreacting, but she says inappropriate things, makes sexually explicit jokes, etc.
This woman considers me a friend, which is why she thinks this behavior is okay. However, because she is also my landlord it makes me uncomfortable. I am trying to get out of my lease agreement, but am wondering to what extent I could use her behavior as citation for breaking the lease.
Thanks for any response you can give. I believe that moving would be the best thing for me at this point if her behavior escalates further.
I have had difficulties finding another rental property for next year, and renewed my lease at the last minute. Since then, the harassment has begun again - part of me thinks I'm overreacting, but she says inappropriate things, makes sexually explicit jokes, etc.
This woman considers me a friend, which is why she thinks this behavior is okay. However, because she is also my landlord it makes me uncomfortable. I am trying to get out of my lease agreement, but am wondering to what extent I could use her behavior as citation for breaking the lease.
Thanks for any response you can give. I believe that moving would be the best thing for me at this point if her behavior escalates further.