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(Sam Wilson I MLive.com)

FLINT, MI - A Flint woman is suing the Flint Housing Commission for over $75,000, claiming that the public housing agency took "inadequate measures" to prevent a fellow tenant from exposing himself and masturbating in front of her.

The federal lawsuit was filed earlier this month and claims that around April 1, 2015, claimed a tenant "pulled his penis out of his pants and masturbated" in front of fellow resident, Shirley Jones, causing her "mental anguish."

According to the suit, the Flint Housing Commission had notice the tenant "had engaged in sexually offensive behavior" prior to the incident, and "took inadequate measures" to prevent the incident from occurring.

The lawsuit claims environmental sexual harassment against the Flint Housing Commission, citing the Fair Housing Act -- a federal act intended to protect buyers or renters from landlord discrimination.

The claim will appear before a United States District Court Judge in Detroit. A date and other specifics for any hearings have yet to be announced.

Both Jones' lawyer, Glen Lenhoff, and Flint Housing Commission spokesperson Doris Matthews declined to comment on the case, both citing the pending litigation.

The Housing Commission has yet to respond to the lawsuit.