--- title: New Housing Rule Requires Shelter for Transgender People description: Under the new rule, housing assistance would be provided based on a person's gender identity, not the gender they were assigned at birth canonical: https://time.com/4122060/transgender-homeless-housing-shelters/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-20T15:56:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:48:22.521Z article:section: Politics og:title: New Housing Rule Requires Shelter for Transgender People og:description: Based on their gender identity. og:url: https://time.com/4122060/transgender-homeless-housing-shelters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca08759bd034e23a/69887228cf40a8156ac40c42/homeless-shelter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Kentucky Homeless Shelters og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Housing Rule Requires Shelter for Transgender People twitter:description: Based on their gender identity. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca08759bd034e23a/69887228cf40a8156ac40c42/homeless-shelter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Housing Rule Requires Shelter for Transgender People Based on Identity > Sponsored content. 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Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 20, 2015 3:56 PM UTC The [Department of Housing and Urban Development ](http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press%5Freleases%5Fmedia%5Fadvisories/2015/HUDNo%5F15-150)has proposed a new rule that would require emergency shelters to house transgender men and women based on their gender identity. The new rule is an update to an existing policy that barred discrimination against [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people ](http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press%5Freleases%5Fmedia%5Fadvisories/2012/HUDNo.12-014)seeking public housing or housing assistance from the federal government. Under the proposed rule, the Department would provide access to housing and services based off of a persons gender identity, not the gender they were assigned at birth. “A person seeking shelter is already in a very vulnerable situation, and they deserve to be treated with dignity when they request our assistance,” said HUD Secretary Julián Castro. “This rule takes us one step closer to full acceptance of transgender men and women, and will ensure they receive the proper services that respect their identity.” The rule would have the most impact on sex-specific shelters, which would have to house transgender people based which sex they identify with, not the sex they were born as. For clarity, a transgender woman would be housed in a women’s shelter, not a men’s one. A 2011 [study on transgender discrimination](http://www.transequality.org/issues/national-transgender-discrimination-survey) found that while one third of transgender people seeking asylum in homeless shelters were denied because of their gender identity, about 42% were housed in shelters that did not align with their sex. While in the shelters, people reported being subjected to harassment, violence, and sexual assault. “Transgender people’s lives are at risk all over the country today because shelters refuse to house them appropriately,” said Lisa Mottet of the [National Center for Transgender Equality](http://www.transequality.org/). “This action by HUD advances a common-sense approach that has worked in many communities for over a decade.” The Center for Transgender Equality has long been advocating for better protection of trans men and women seeking shelter; according to the [Center for American Progress](https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/news/2010/06/21/7980/gay-and-transgender-youth-homelessness-by-the-numbers/), of the 1.6 to 2.8 million homeless youth on the street, about 20 to 40% are LGBT, even though they make up between 5 to 10% of all youth. The rule was announced on the [International Transgender Day of Remembrence](http://www.hrc.org/campaigns/transgender-day-remembrance), a holiday that commemorates the deaths of trans men and women across the world that have been killed. **Read Next:** [_Pentagon to Lift Transgender Ban in the Military_](http://time.com/3956512/transgender-military-service-ban-2/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4122060/transgender-homeless-housing-shelters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4122060/transgender-homeless-housing-shelters/"},"headline":"New Housing Rule Requires Shelter for Transgender People Based on Identity","datePublished":"2015-11-20T15:56:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:48:22.521Z","description":"Under the new rule, housing assistance would be provided based on a person's gender identity, instead of the gender they were assigned at birth","url":"https://time.com/4122060/transgender-homeless-housing-shelters/","keywords":["White House","housing","Transgender","homelessness"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca08759bd034e23a/69887228cf40a8156ac40c42/homeless-shelter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca08759bd034e23a/69887228cf40a8156ac40c42/homeless-shelter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kentucky Homeless Shelters","caption":"Kentucky Homeless Shelters","creditText":"Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4122060/transgender-homeless-housing-shelters/","name":"New Housing Rule Requires Shelter for Transgender People Based on Identity"}}]}] ```