LGBT housing discrimination
LGBTQ+ people are protected from housing discrimination in 47 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 & Upcoming Changes
Upcoming Changes
2025
- TamaulipasSexual orientation and gender identityMay 31
- MoliseSexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 21
2024
- PugliaSexual orientation and gender identityJuly 9
- HidalgoSexual orientation and gender identityJune 7
- GreenlandSexual orientation and gender identityMay 28
- GuanajuatoSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 29
2023
- GuernseySexual orientation onlyOctober 1
- SinaloaSexual orientation and gender identityMay 10
- DubăsariSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- CantemirSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- Stînga Nistrului, unitatea teritoriala dinSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- CăuşeniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- IaloveniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- TaracliaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- NisporeniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- EdinetSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- OcniţaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- BasarabeascaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- BriceniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- DonduşeniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- UngheniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- TeleneştiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- FloreştiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- SîngereiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- RîşcaniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- LeovaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- GlodeniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- CriuleniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- HînceştiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- CimişliaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- StrăşeniSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- DrochiaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- OrheiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- FăleştiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- Anenii NoiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- SorocaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- ŞoldăneştiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- CălăraşiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- RezinaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- CahulSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- Ştefan VodăSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- MoldovaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- ChisinauSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- Gagauzia, Unitatea teritoriala autonomaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- BălţiSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- TighinaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- BulgariaSexual 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 47 regions.
- Europe (29)
- Albania 2010
- Andorra 2019
- Austria
- Belgium 2003
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016
- Bulgaria 2023
- Croatia 2009
- Czechia 2009
- Finland 2004
- France 2014
- Georgia 2014
- Germany 2006
- Greece 2016
- Hungary 1998
- Iceland 2010
- Ireland 2018
- Kosovo 2015
- Malta 2014
- Moldova 2023
- Montenegro 2010
- Netherlands 2019
- North Macedonia 2020
- Norway 1981
- Portugal 2019
- Serbia 2021
- Slovakia 2008
- Slovenia 2016
- Spain 2022
- Sweden 2009
- Africa (1)
- South Africa 1996
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.
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination is no protections in 107 regions.
- Asia (34)
- Afghanistan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Maldives
- Myanmar
- North Korea
- Oman
- Palestine
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- North America (16)
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia 2006
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Africa (41)
- Algeria
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Varied, unclear, or unknown laws
Data on lgbt housing discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 30 regions.
- Europe (6)
- Cyprus
- Denmark Ambiguous
- Estonia
- Italy Varies by Region
- United Kingdom Varies by Region
- Vatican City N/A
- South America (1)
- Argentina Varies by Region
- Antarctica (1)
- Antarctica N/A
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