housing Archives - National Center for Lesbian Rights

by Maya Rupert, Esq. | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized | government benefits, public accommodations discrimination, low-income, equal benefits, housing, HUD, nondiscrimination legislation, Maya Rupert, Poverty, public housing

In a powerful speech on Saturday, January 28th, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan made history when he unveiled HUD’s LGBTQ Equal Access policy—a new rule that will protect more than 5.5 million people across the country from discrimination in public housing and Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured mortgages. The new rule, announced at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s annual Creating Change conference, will improve the lives of LGBTQ...

by Carla Lopez | Jul 2, 2010 | fair housing act, housing, housing authority, HUD

A statement from the National Center for Lesbian Rights (Washington, D.C, July 2, 2010)—Today the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) praised the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new policy that provides lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and families with further assistance when facing housing discrimination. The new guidance treats gender identity discrimination most often faced by transgender persons as gender discrimination under the Fair...