Brian Sullivan
FOR RELEASE
Thursday
January 20, 2011

HUD PROPOSES NEW RULE TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING
REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY

http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2011/HUDNo.11-006

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today proposed new regulations intended to ensure that its core housing programs are open to all eligible persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.  View the proposed rule announced today.

"This is a fundamental issue of fairness," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan.  "We have a responsibility to make certain that public programs are open to all Americans.  With this proposed rule, we will make clear that a person's eligibility for federal housing programs is, and should be, based on their need and not on their sexual orientation or gender identity."

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HUD Proposes New Regulations
Includes Gender Identity
   
January 20, 2011

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The National Center for Transgender Equality applauds President Obama and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for proposing new regulations, unveiled today, that would ensure that HUD's programs would be open to all who need them, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. This means that all of HUD's core programs, such as Public Housing, rental vouchers (called Housing Choice vouchers), and FHA home financing, will serve all those who are eligible.