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# US bans LGBTQ+ housing discrimination
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/us-bans-lgbtq-housing-discrimination/
- Published: 2021-02-14T11:31:57.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-13T17:32:59.000Z
- Description: Three weeks after Joe Biden signed an executive order prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans, the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a memo vowing to comply to the order.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, anti-discrimination, Human Rights Campaign, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ rights, US

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Three weeks after **US** president **Joe Biden** signed an executive order prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans, the country’s **Department of Housing and Urban Development** (HUD) issued a memorandum vowing to comply to the order. According to [*Them*](https://www.them.us/story/white-house-bans-anti-lgbtq-housing-discrimination-biden-executive-order?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the 1968 Fair Housing Act bans discrimination on the basis of *“race, colour, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability”* while purchasing or renting a property. HUD has now confirmed that LGBTQ+ people are also protected under this law.

The memorandum also stated that LGBTQ+ people can file housing discrimination complaints if the incident occured within the past 12 months. **Jeanine M. Worden**, acting assistant secretary of the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity office in HUD, said Biden’s anti-discrimination order *“demands urgent enforcement action.”* They added *“Every person should be able to secure a roof over their head free from discrimination, and the action we are taking today will move us closer to that goal.”*

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Since coming into power in January, Biden has issued a handful of pro-LGBTQ+ executive orders. One will ensure all LGBTQ+ Americans are [protected from discrimination](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-signs-order-protecting-lgbtq-people-from-discrimination/), which **Human Rights Campaign** president, **Alphonso David**, dubbed *“the most substantive, wide-ranging executive order concerning sexual orientation and gender identity ever issued by a United States president.”* Biden has also [pledged to fight for LGBTQ+ rights globally](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-pledges-to-fight-for-global-lgbtq-rights/), saying: *“We will ensure diplomacy and foreign assistance are working to promote the rights of those individuals included by combatting criminalization and promoting LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers”.*

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