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Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), submitted a public comment signed by 23 senators and 122 representatives to the Federal Register opposing HUD’s anti-transgender homeless shelter rule. The letter urges…
Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) submitted a public comment letter to HUD on July 30. The letter urges Secretary Ben Carson to rescind the proposed rule change to the Equal Access Rule that would allow federally…
In recent weeks, Members of Congress have sent letters voicing their opposition to the administration’s efforts to attack the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. These letters were sent to the administration in the wake of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v Clayton County, Georgia and HUD’s…
HUD announced on July 1 that it will be releasing its proposed anti-transgender changes to the Equal Access Rule on July 1. This proposed rule change would weaken protections for transgender individuals experiencing homelessness and seeking emergency shelter by allowing shelter providers not to…