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Related: About this forumHousing Department Introduces Sweeping LGBT Protections
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/01/28/413935/housing-department-introduces-sweeping-lgbt-protections/Speaking today at the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change in Baltimore, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan introduced a broad and sweeping set of new nondiscrimination protections the department will be implementing. Under the new guidelines, any program that receives funding or insurance through HUD will be prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, including Section 8 housing, emergency shelters, and other social services, as well as lending for FHA-insured mortgage financing. In addition, all such programs will now be required to recognize same-sex and otherwise LGBT families regardless of their marital status or the adoption status of their children to ensure they can stay together as a family unit when accessing HUD resources.
In his remarks, Donovan explained the significance of these changes:
DONOVAN: And so, first and foremost, this rule includes a new equal access provision that prohibits owners and operators of HUD-funded housing, or housing whose financing we insure, from inquiring about an applicants sexual orientation or gender identity or denying housing on that basis. If you are denying HUD housing to people on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identityactual or perceivedyoure discriminating, youre breaking the law and you will be held accountable. Thats what equal access means and thats what this rule is going to do.
Secondly, this rule makes clear that LGBT families, like the DeShanes, are eligible for HUDs public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs that collectively serve 5.5 million people. Third, the rule also makes clear that sexual orientation and gender identity should not and cannot be part of any lending decision when it comes to getting a mortgage insured by the FHA part of HUD.
Im proud to announce that this rule will be published as final in the Federal Register next week and go into effect 30 days later.
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Jan 2012
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(6,755 posts)1. Now if we could pass enda.