Overview

TRANSforming Fair Housing in St. Louis is organized into three sections:

TRANSforming Fair Housing in St. Louis is organized into three sections:

NEW PROTECTIONS offers an overview of the most significant expansions in federal protections for LGBTQ housing access of the past decade, places them in the historical context of a previous ban on coverage for trans people in the Fair Housing Act, and shares the story of an Beatríz, an EHOC client who used the new legal protections to file a federal complaint against a St. Louis shelter for anti-trans discrimination.

NEW PARTNERSHIPS reviews existing national and Missouri state data on trans housing access and its impacts and presents first-of-its-kind data specific to trans housing and shelter access in St. Louis gathered by the St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH) and Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis (THISTL).

NEW POSSIBILITIES highlights the construction of new trans-affirming housing, proposes new models of queer community outreach efforts piloted by EHOC, recommends actions that governments, corporations, and professional organizations can take to improve trans individuals’ access to housing, and lays out EHOC’s own commitments to continue forward in this work.

This report was created by the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing & Opportunity Council (EHOC) with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The primary authors of this report are Keith Rose and Beth Gombos, with additional support from Glenn Burleigh, Shayna Swanson, Emma English, Kepler Zhang, Liam John, and Audra Youmans.

The primary author of SQSH’s contributed section is Avi Ivaturi, with design support from Amanda Im and editing support from Luka Cai. August 2023. St. Louis, Missouri

Suggested citation: Rose, K, Gombos, B, John, L, & Ivaturi, A (2023) TRANSforming Fair Housing in St Louis: New Protections, New Partnerships, and New Possibilities for the LGBTQ Community St Louis, MO: Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council.