Federal Housing Protections for Transgender Tenants
By Jamilah King
27 July, 2010
http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/07/new_federal_housing_protections_for_trans_tenants.html (http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/07/new_federal_housing_protections_for_trans_tenants.html)
As Change.org's Adam Amir put it, the Obama administration has tossed the gay and transgender communities a few more crumbs. First, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan announced earlier this month that the agency would pursue cases of housing discrimination against LGBT tenants. Now there's news that HUD is expanding its interpretation of federal housing policy to include protections for gender identity.
It's a start.