CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The state House has rejected an amendment that would have added gay and transgender people to a bill aimed at protecting Wyoming residents from housing discrimination.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have prohibited housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

East Baton Rouge, LA (WGMB) -- Members of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council will not debate a controversial plan to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination in housing and employment.

(DV) On Wednesday, April 5, just a day after Lambda Legal lawyers and their client Kimberly Hively won a 7th Circuit Court ruling declaring that federal law — Title VII — protects lesbians and gays from employment discrimination (see Page 18) — a district court judge in Colorado ruled that the federal Fair Housing Act protects LGBT people against discrimination, too.

A Boulder County, Colorado property owner is being sued in federal court under the Fair Housing Act for refusing to rent a housing unit to a same-sex couple.

Just in time for Pride Month, a new ranking lists Fort Lauderdale as No. 4 for LGBT home buyers in the country.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights is hosting its second annual fair housing forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.

David Richardson is taking the discussion away from the bathroom.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia State University will offer students co-ed dorm room options next school year.

At next week’s commission meeting, Wilton Manors will once again try to assert its own sovereignty. 

(WB) The Biden administration announced on Thursday it has formally withdrawn a rule proposed in the Trump era by the Department of Housing & Urban Development that would allow taxpayer-funded homeless shelters to turn away transgender people on the basis of their gender identity.

Recently that question came up when a proposed amendment to a homeowners' association agreement attempted to do just that -- define a family.

Many residents in Wilton Manors received a legislative action alert request directly from the city, encouraging them to email their State Representatives with the statement that “short-term vacation rentals are bringing down property values, and in many cases, forcing residents to put their home on the market.”

Almost a month after being hit by a car and left on the side of the road, Matthew Masters is still recovering from his injuries — and wants to know who did it.

There is a dangerous and growing threat to our quality of life here in our Island City. This problem has plagued many in our fair city for some time now, and as this threat continues to spread throughout our residential neighborhoods many more are now waking up to this menacing peril called short-term rentals.

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - State regulators have filed a housing discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a gay couple, alleging a Medford senior living community denied the pair residency because of sexual orientation.

I must admit, it’s been hard for me this year to come up with anything meaningful to say about real estate, in the face of COVID, a contentious election, and everything else.  

BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — Officials on eastern Long Island are announcing plans for the metropolitan area's first affordable housing development for senior lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender residents.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A fight is gearing up over whether Springfield voters will be asked to decide the fate of a new ordinance that adds protection against discrimination in housing and hiring based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Miami Homes For All has a straightforward message: everyone deserves a home that is safe, stable, and affordable. 

Wilton Manors approved its legislative action plan at Tuesday night’s commission meeting with short-term rentals at the top of the list. 

Height and density regulations in Wilton Manors attract a lot of interest.

The slow march to reign in vacation rentals has begun.