HUD to Exam Discrimination Against Gays

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)just launched a Web site to allow people to comment on the design of a new national study that will look at housing discrimination based sexual orientation and gender identity.

While there have been no national assessments of housing discrimination targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, there is a body of evidence suggesting this sort of bias exists, says federal housing officials.

To learn more and to share comments on how HUD might test for discrimination, visit http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/LGBT_Discrimination_Study.