Oppose HUD's Anti-Trans Housing Rule Change
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Equal Access Rule ensures that everyone can access federally funded housing and homeless services without discrimination. Since 2016, it has required HUD-funded shelters to house people according to their gender identity, a policy that has been vital to the safety of transgender and gender-expansive communities.
The Trump administration has proposed eliminating the Equal Access Rule and forcing HUD-funded providers to discriminate and deny access to services based on “biological sex.”
By requiring dehumanizing documentation checks to “establish a person’s sex”, this proposal would intensify disparities, reduce trust in housing providers, and increase unsheltered homelessness, all of which places additional burdens on local communities and their budgets.
Congress should demand that HUD preserve the Equal Access Rule and repeal this harmful proposal.
NOTE: Proposed rule changes to the federal register require a public comment period where anyone can express their opinion on a proposed rule change. You can comment on the “Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Revisions” here using these resources. Your comments are PUBLIC so please do not disclose personal information. Comments will be open until June 29, 2026.
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Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
I’m calling [REP/SEN NAME] to urge the Department of Housing and Urban Development to repeal its harmful proposal to repeal the Equal Access Rule. Without the protections provided by the rule, shelters will be forced to discriminate against trans- and gender-expansive people.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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