Federal agency designs study with gay community in mind

by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | February 25, 2010 at 09:20 am

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HUD Asking Chicago Gays for Input on Housing Discrimination

A national study is being launched by the U.S Housing and Urban Development Department regarding discrimination against the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community.

Prior studies were conducted in the late '70s and '80s, and again in early 2000.

This newer Chicago HUD survey is far more complex, and looks at nuanced and subtle discrimination, the press has reported.

HUD is planning on launching a series of listening tours in Chicago, New York andSan Francisco, because these cities are known to have a high concentration of GLBT communities.

"It will finally give us the hard data to back up the heartbreaking stories of discrimination we've been hearing for years," Rea Carey executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force told the L.A Times.

HUD’s Assistant Secretary Dr. Raphael Bostic will host the townhall meetings, he is one of the openly gay members of President Obama’s administration.

“We really want to hear from people who are living and experiencing these issues so we can make sure we understand what’s really playing out in the field” Bostic told the Bay Area Reporter.