1. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair
Housing Protections

2. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing
Protections: A Critical Need for LGBT People
Kathleen LaTosch
April 20, 2012

3. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections

4. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Cities in Michigan with Human Rights Ordinances
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5. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Why do Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Need to be Classified as a Protected Class?
In a 2007 study by the Michigan Fair
Housing Centers to explore the level of
discrimination experienced by LGBT
people, 30% of same-sex couples
reported being treated differently from
similarly situated heterosexual couples.
Specifically, they were:
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• Verbally harassed
• Shown less desirable units
• Quoted higher rates
• Outright refused the opportunity to
rent a property

6. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Why do Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Need to be Classified as a Protected Class?
The LGBT community is a miniature replica of its local
demographic profile.

7. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Why do Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Need to be Classified as a Protected Class?
The LGBT community is a miniature replica of its local
demographic profile.

8. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Why do Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Need to be Classified as a Protected Class?
The LGBT community is a miniature replica of its local
demographic profile.

9. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Why do Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Need to be Classified as a Protected Class?
he LGBT community is a miniature replica of its local
demographic profile.

10. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Why do Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Need to be Classified as a Protected Class?
he LGBT community is a miniature replica of its local
demographic profile.

11. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Transgender Discrimination
Released in February of 2011 by the
National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force, this groundbreaking report
details the results of interviews and
surveys with 6,450 people from all 50
states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands. It is the most complete
portrait of discrimination faced by
transgender and gender-
nonconforming people to date.

12. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
Transgender Discrimination
19% reported being refused a
home or apartment.

13. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
LGBT Older Adult Housing Concerns
LGBT older adults
consistently cite
discrimination and/or
mistreatment in residential
facilities as a top concern.
In a summit held in April of
2011, The LGBT Older
Adult Coalition of Michigan
found that housing was the
topmost concern among
soon-to-be retired LGBT
older adults.

14. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
LGBT Older Adult Housing
Concerns
• Fear of discrimination,
harassment, abuse – at the
hands of facility staff and
existing residents
• Isolation
• Spousal impoverishment
Step 1: Eliminate discrimination
Step 2: Develop LGBT culturally
competent care

15. Understanding the Expanding Umbrella of Fair Housing Protections
For more information / available in your resources packet:
Fact sheets on LGBTQ Youth in Major Metropolitan Areas
Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender
Discrimination Survey
Inclusive Services for LGBT Older Adults
Outing Age 2010
State Nondiscrimination Laws in the U.S. (January 2012)
Sexual Orientation and Housing Discrimination in Michigan
Links to these organizations:
The LGBT Older Adult Coalition of Michigan
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Coalition for the Homeless
The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
The Ruth Ellis Center
SAGE

16. THANK YOU!
To follow up with the speaker:
Kathleen LaTosch
LaTosch Consulting
Klatosch@gmail.com
www.LaToschConsulting.com
Presentations will be available at www.ncrc.org/conference
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April 30, 2012