Taylor Brown: Housing insecurity disparities for LGBTQI New Yorkers
Brown describes how transgender, nonbinary, youth, older, disabled, and LGBTQI people of color face disparate barriers to housing, driven by intersecting inequities rather than a single factor.
Part of the broad mission of the Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA Affairs is to address both emerging and systemic barriers that prevent New Yorkers from thriving across all facets of life.
We recognize that for every person, access to housing and housing stability are foundational to health, safety, economic opportunity, and overall well-being.
We also understand that housing insecurity and homelessness do not impact all populations equally.
LGBTQI New Yorkers, particularly transgender, gender nonconforming and nonbinary people, youth populations, older populations, those living with
disabilities, and LGBTQI people of color have and continue to experience disparate barriers that place them at increased vulnerability of housing insecurity and homelessness.
The seriousness of these issues is reflected in the testimony and data provided by our partner agencies and service providers.