HUD, IDHR partner to end housing discrimination against transgender peoplePosted by Tony Merevick on June 21, 2012
http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/06/21/hud-idhr-partner-end-housing-discrimination-transgender-people/The U.S. Department of Housing and the Illinois Department of Human Rights have teamed up to strengthen policies to protect LGBT people — especially transgender people — from housing discrimination, according to a joint-letter from IDHR Director Rocco Claps and HUD Assistant Secretary John Trasviña.
HUD will now use its authority under the federal Fair Housing Act's protections against sex discrimination to pursue cases of reported housing discrimination based on gender identity. The change in policy will help transgender victims of housing discrimination pursue legal action, according to Anthony Martinez, executive director of The Civil Rights Agenda.
"They found a way to include gender identity as a protection without having to change law," Martinez said.
