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Guide to LGBTQ tenants rights in Pennsylvania Nick Vadala, The Philadelphia Inquirer If you identify as LGBTQ, you’re much more likely to face discrimination in many facets of your life. But what about for housing? Can a landlord evict you or refuse to rent to you in the first place because of your sexual identity or gender identity? For LGBTQ people, housing discrimination is a big problem. A 2017 study from the Urban Institute found that landlords told gay men about fewer available apartments than straight men, and quoted them higher rent for those apartments. In another 2015 study, 23% of transgender people reported that they had experienced housing discrimination like being evicted or denied a rental in the past year because of their gender identity. And in the Philadelphia region, at least 40% of people aged 18 to 26 who experience homelessness identify as LGBTQ.

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