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Local Landlord Accused Of Exchanging Rent For Sex Faces Federal Lawsuit
A local landlord is being accused of exchanging coerced sex for rent payments, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department. Under the U.S. Fair Housing Act, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts on Monday, Dec. 7, that alleges Salazar dos Santos subjected women, tenants of his Chicopee properties, to sexual harassment on multiple occasions going back to at least 2008, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. Dos Santos manages residential rental properties in Chicopee. The properties he manages are owned by two family trusts - at l…