June 18, 2016
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday released the nation’s first-ever national study examining housing discrimination against same-sex couples in the private rental market. The study, An Estimate of Housing Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples, measures the treatment same-sex couples receive from rental agents when inquiring about apartments advertised online, as compared to how otherwise similar heterosexual couples are treated.
According to HUD’s study, same-sex couples experience unequal treatment more often than heterosexual couples when responding to internet ads for rental units, and findings show that gay male couples experience more discrimination than lesbian couples.
Read more here: HUD ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER SAME-SEX HOUSING DISCRIMINATION STUDY
