LGBT housing discrimination
LGBTQ+ people are protected from housing discrimination in 57 countries.
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- Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Sexual orientation only
- No protections
- Varies by region or ambiguous
- Unknown or N/A
Recent Changes
- Jan 1 2023Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Bulgaria
- Dec 8 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Pennsylvania
- Jul 28 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Michigan
- Dec 9 2021Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Colombia
- Oct 28 2021Became No protections in Italy
- Oct 21 2021Became Sexual orientation only in Namibia
- Aug 21 2020Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Kansas
- Jan 1 2020Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Campania
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
Progress Over Time
Number of countries with equality for lgbt housing discrimination over the past 60 years.
There are no recent changes about LGBT housing discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination by Country
Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT housing discrimination is sexual orientation and gender identity in 57 regions.
- Europe (31)
- Albania
- Andorra 2005
- Austria
- Belgium 2003
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009
- Bulgaria 2023
- Croatia 2008
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic 2009
- Denmark 2017
- Estonia 2009
- Finland 2004
- France 1989
- Georgia 2014
- Germany 2006
- Hungary 1998
- Kosovo 2013
- Lithuania 2005
- Malta 2014
- Moldova 2013
- Montenegro 2010
- Netherlands 1993
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Portugal
- Romania 2002
- Serbia 2009
- Slovenia 2016
- Spain 1995
- Sweden 2009
- United Kingdom 2010
Sexual orientation only
LGBT housing discrimination is sexual orientation only in 11 regions.
- Asia (1)
- Nepal 2015
- Oceania (1)
- New Zealand 1994
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination is no protections in 113 regions.
- Asia (33)
- Afghanistan 1919
- Bahrain 1976
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan 2018
- Brunei 1951
- Cambodia
- China
- Indonesia 1945
- Iran 1979
- Iraq
- Japan 2018
- Jordan 1952
- Kuwait 1960
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos 1953
- Lebanon
- Malaysia 1826
- Maldives 2017
- Myanmar 1886
- North Korea 1948
- Oman 1996
- Palestine
- Qatar 1915
- Saudi Arabia 1932
- South Korea
- Syria 1964
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan 1994
- Turkmenistan 1992
- United Arab Emirates 1971
- Uzbekistan 1992
- Vietnam 1992
- Yemen 1994
- Europe (13)
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan 1999
- Belarus 1991
- Greece
- Italy 2021
- Latvia 2006
- Liechtenstein
- Monaco
- Poland
- Switzerland
- Turkey 1858
- Ukraine 2015
- Vatican City
- North America (16)
- Barbados
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti 1987
- Jamaica 1962
- Nicaragua
- Panama 1972
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia 2006
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago 2001
- Africa (42)
- Algeria 1966
- Angola
- Benin 1900
- Burundi 2001
- 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
- Liberia
- Libya 1951
- Madagascar
- Mali 1960
- Mauritania 1991
- Morocco
- Mozambique 2007
- Niger
- Nigeria 1999
- Republic of the Congo
- 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
- Oceania (7)
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Kiribati 2015
- Nauru 2016
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea 2002
- Solomon Islands 1978
- Tuvalu
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
Data on lgbt housing discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 17 regions.
- North America (1)
- United States
- South America (1)
- Argentina
- Antarctica (1)
- Antarctica
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