John Trasviña is HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity There are many questions housing providers will ask you when it comes to renting an apartment, buying a home, or applying for a mortgage. “Are you Hispanic?” shouldn’t be one of them. The law is clear – you can’t be treated differently based [...]
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Imagine these scenarios: A veteran who can’t access his apartment because he’s in a wheelchair. A couple with a foreign nationality who is denied housing because of how they look. A Black child whose family is told they have to look in another neighborhood where they might be “more comfortable.” Think these situations are a [...]
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Yesterday, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration on Aging, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights held a first-ever national summit on LGBT seniors at HUD’s headquarters. The day-long event included LGBT community workers, advocates and speakers from across the nation. The summit’s goals [...]
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Our guest blogger today is John Trasviña, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity When a person is denied housing because of their gender, religion, race/ethnicity or disability status, that’s patently illegal and certainly unfair. But what about if that same person is lesbian, gay, transgender or bisexual? The Fair Housing Act does not [...]
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