Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026What exactly is HUD proposing? This rule would end current protections – known as the Equal Access Rule – that require HUD-funded shelter providers to serve people according to their gender identity. 100
Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Instead, HUD wants to: 1. let - and sometimes require - HUD-funded shelters to turn away trans & nonbinary people or risk losing their $$ even if their state/local laws ban such discrimination. 2. let shelters demand “evidence” of and ask invasive questions about someone’s “sex.” 100
Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026HUD also wants to remove bans on discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation throughout HUD’s regulations, including on rental assistance eligibility. HUD doesn’t explain what this would do, but it could lead to LGBTQ+ people getting denied housing assistance. 100
