Nearly 20% of LGBT Renters Owe Back Rent, Half of Those Fear Eviction
LGBT people are much more likely to rent their homes rather than own them, compared to straight and cisgender individuals.
September 01 2021 12:05 PM
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LGBT people are much more likely to rent their homes rather than own them, compared to straight and cisgender individuals.
The Biden administration continues to reverse the former president's hostile policies.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the first agency to implement President Biden's executive order against such discrimination.
Without the Equality Act, we can -- and will -- be denied apartments, services, and opportunities.
The groups are calling on the public to raise objections to a plan to let shelters discriminate against trans clients.
My Sistah's House is helping to ease the housing crisis in the trans community, one home at a time. But that's only the beginning of a much larger dream.
Under a proposed rule announced by Ben Carson, federally funded shelters could turn away trans people or force them into unsafe situations.
Witnesses testified about the problem before a congressional committee -- and noted that housing homeless trans women with other women is no big deal.
The Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2019 would protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Housing discrimination is something nearly all LGBTQ people have experienced or feared. It's also legal in about half the country.
Kaj Baker was told she made others feel "uncomfortable" in her dorm, and that she can't have visitors due to her sexual orientation.
The BBC One show details Jude Watson's effort to create safe, supportive housing for older LGBTQ people.
The decision from a federal appeals court comes in the case of a lesbian who says she was physically and verbally assaulted other tenants at her senior housing facility.
Mary Walsh and Bev Nance are suing St. Louis's Friendship Village over its discriminatory cohabitation policy.
There are very real repercussions when departments like Housing and Urban Development drop their commitment to fair policies.
"The president-elect is hiding his business interests from you, from me, from the rest of the country," Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the neurosurgeon turned nominee for Housing and Urban Development.
If Donald Trump is good for "the blacks," good must not mean providing equal access to housing.
The federal agency wants to make sure trans people are housed according to their gender identity.
Places like West Hollywood and Hell's Kitchen are pricing out the LGBT people they once welcomed. James Duke Mason says the insanely high cost of urban living receives scant attention from leaders and activists.