LGBT housing discrimination
LGBTQ+ people are protected from housing discrimination in 52 countries.
DATE
LGBT housing discrimination
Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity when applying for housing or discrimination by landlords / property owners.
Summary
Timeline of lgbt housing discrimination
Number of countries to ban lgbtq+ housing discrimination over the past 61 years.
Recent Changes
2023
2022
- PennsylvaniaSexual orientation and gender identityDecember 8
- MichiganSexual orientation and gender identityJuly 28
- SpainSexual orientation and gender identityJune 30
2021
- ColombiaSexual orientation and gender identityDecember 9
- NamibiaSexual orientation onlyOctober 21
- SerbiaSexual orientation and gender identityJune 1
2020
- North MacedoniaSexual orientation and gender identityOctober 30
- KansasSexual orientation and gender identityAugust 21
- North MacedoniaNo protectionsMay 28
- IndiaGender identity onlyJanuary 1
- CampaniaSexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 1
2019
- BrazilSexual orientation and gender identityJune 13
- San MarinoSexual orientation onlyJune 1
- North MacedoniaSexual orientation and gender identityMay 22
- UmbriaSexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 1
- Isle of ManSexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 1
- Cape VerdeSexual orientation onlyJanuary 1
- Emilia-RomagnaSexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 1
- Marshall IslandsSexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 1
LGBT housing discrimination by Country
Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT housing discrimination is sexual orientation and gender identity in 52 regions.
- Europe (32)
- Albania 2010
- Andorra 2005
- Austria
- Belgium 2003
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016
- Bulgaria 2023
- Croatia 2009
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic 2009
- Denmark 2017
- Estonia 2009
- Finland 2004
- France 2014
- Georgia 2014
- Germany 2006
- Greece 2016
- Hungary 1998
- Iceland 2010
- Ireland 2018
- Kosovo 2015
- Moldova 2013
- Netherlands 1993
- North Macedonia 2020
- Norway
- Portugal
- Romania 2000
- Serbia 2021
- Slovakia 2018
- Slovenia 2016
- Spain 2022
- Sweden 2009
- United Kingdom 2010
Gender identity only
LGBT housing discrimination is gender identity only in 3 regions.
Sexual orientation only
LGBT housing discrimination is sexual orientation only in 11 regions.
- South America (1)
- Suriname 2015
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination is no protections in 111 regions.
- Asia (30)
- Bahrain 1976
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei 1951
- Cambodia
- China
- Indonesia
- Iran 1979
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan 1952
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos 1953
- Lebanon
- Malaysia 1826
- Maldives 2017
- Myanmar 1886
- Oman
- Palestine
- Qatar 1915
- Saudi Arabia 1932
- Sri Lanka
- Syria 1964
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan 1994
- Turkmenistan 1992
- United Arab Emirates 1971
- Uzbekistan 1992
- Yemen 1994
- Europe (12)
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan 1999
- Belarus 1991
- Latvia 2006
- Liechtenstein
- Monaco
- Poland
- Russia 2016
- Switzerland
- Turkey 1858
- Ukraine 2015
- Vatican City
- North America (16)
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Jamaica 1962
- Nicaragua
- Panama 2018
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia 2006
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago 2001
- Africa (44)
- Algeria
- Benin 1900
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cameroon 1972
- Central African Republic 2003
- Chad 1958
- Comoros
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960
- Djibouti
- Egypt 1971
- Equatorial Guinea 1968
- Eritrea 1957
- Eswatini 1907
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana 2018
- Guinea 1988
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya 1930
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya 1951
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal 1966
- Seychelles 2006
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia 1962
- South Sudan 2011
- Sudan 1956
- Tanzania 1977
- Togo 1980
- Tunisia 1957
- Uganda 1904
Varied, unclear, or unknown laws
Data on lgbt housing discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 20 regions.
- Asia (7)
- Afghanistan
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Philippines Varies by Region
- Singapore Ambiguous
- South Korea Varies by Region
- Timor-Leste Ambiguous
- South America (1)
- Argentina Varies by Region
- Antarctica (1)
- Antarctica N/A
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