Trump Administration Proposes Rolling Back Gender Identity Protections in Federal Housing
The proposal would let federally funded shelters request evidence of sex and remove Obama-era safeguards for transgender and LGBTQIA+ applicants.
- On Monday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development unveiled a proposed rule replacing "gender identity" protections with "sex" in federally funded housing, allowing facilities to verify an individual's biological sex.
- President Donald Trump's executive order enforcing a binary definition of biological sex drives the policy, formalizing a pause on investigating gender identity discrimination cases ordered last year by HUD Secretary Scott Turner.
- Research from a 2022 survey shows nearly one-third of transgender people have experienced homelessness, and the rule removes a 2016 safeguard banning shelters from asking invasive questions or requiring proof of medical history.
- Chief Program Officer Deborah Thrope of the National Housing Law Project blasted the proposal as a "baseless assault by the Trump administration," warning it would increase costs for local governments and force vulnerable people into homelessness.
- Public comments remain open through June, creating potential conflicts with states like California and New York that protect gender identity, while Idaho and Iowa have enacted laws restricting sex-specific spaces.
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