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We've all heard of ENDA, which provides for non-discrimination in terms of employment only. Well, now there's an act that deals with housing only:
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, along with Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns, introduced the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act. The HOME Act (H.R. 6500) modernizes the federal Fair Housing Act in several important ways, including extending federal civil rights protections to people based upon their sexual orientation, gender identity, or source of income. The National Fair Housing Alliance has endorsed the bill and applauds Congressman Nadler for his insight and initiative.
"Housing discrimination runs counter to the American spirit of opportunity, and instead is part of America's dark history of senseless exclusion," said NFHA President and CEO Shanna L. Smith. "This bill takes the long needed step of ensuring that housing providers can not reject people or subject them to discriminatory treatment because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or legal source of income. Housing providers can and must only use pertinent factors such as rental history or financial qualifications to make decisions about home seekers."
Sexual orientation, gender identity, and source of income are three categories that desperately need protection from housing discrimination. Not only am I LGBT, but I am also poor and on disability. I cannot afford even a modest one bedroom apartment without help from governmental programs such as Section 8. That's why I end up living on two lovely people's couch and paying more than my fair share of rent.
-Jordan Gwendolyn
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