States that can refuse to rent to gays

States like Colorado, Iowa, and Minnesota have certain housing discrimination protections in place for LGBTQ people in their laws, though this has not been implemented federally. You can learn more about these programs here. Everybody has a right to privacy and what one does in their bedroom should not affect a landlord.

This can be pursued legally because it is harassment as well as discrimination. They face harassment when other residents at the pool begin to make obscene comments and tell them to leave. A bisexual woman applies for a lease with her boyfriend and is accepted.

This map shows state housing nondiscrimination laws that explicitly enumerate sexual orientation and/or gender identity as protected classes, as well as states that explicitly interpret. A transgender woman often sits outside on the porch and tends to flowers in the garden.

Nineteen states across the U.S. do not reinforce or enhance the federal law that prohibits people from being evicted, denied housing, or refused financing to rent or buy housing due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. A few months after living in the unit, she breaks up with him.

It does not specify that discrimination against sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited, making it legal. This violates the Fair Housing Act because it is sex discrimination. That means the tenant needs to breach the lease agreement for a landlord to have grounds for eviction.

In theory, a landlord is allowed to deny someone just because they have a same-sex partner or because they are transgender. Sex-based harassment can also be considered a form of discrimination. If an LGBTQ person experiences harassment verbally, physically, or sexually, they may have grounds to claim it as discrimination.

A gay couple is using the community pool at the apartment complex they live in. A gay man trying to rent an apartment gets denied. Soon after, she begins dating a woman who often comes over. Members of the LGBTQ community may legally pursue a landlord for discrimination against nonconformity to gender stereotypes.

A housing provider refuses to rent a house to a same-sex couple although they will rent to a heterosexual couple. Last Updated: May 11, It does not specify that discrimination against sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited, making it legal.

One-third of those complaints were claims of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The landlord notices this and threatens to evict her. However, in the lease, there is no provision that states she is not allowed to have a same-sex partner in the unit, meaning the landlord does not have a valid reason.

A 55+ community rejects a gay man’s request to add a same-sex partner to their lease. Housing nondiscrimination laws protect LGBTQ people from being unfairly evicted, denied housing, or refused the ability to rent or buy housing on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

However, if a landlord is already renting to someone, legally, they must have a valid claim to evict them. For this reason, many landlords feel they have the right to exclude LGBTQ individuals or dictate their lifestyles. While there have been some successful instances of litigation in which LGBTQ plaintiffs claimed that discrimination against members of their community can be considered sex discrimination, there is still no transparent, specific, legislatively codified protection against it.

HUD offers a range of specially-funded housing programs for people in need. Legalities The federal Fair Housing Act states that is unlawful to refuse to rent or sell to someone because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or familial status.

Building on the federal Fair Housing Act, state fair housing laws ban discrimination in the sale and rental of homes based on certain protected characteristics. Under federal law, complaints can still be filed if an individual believes they were discriminated against based on HIV status.