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Obama-era gender identity housing rule
Coverage of Obama-era gender identity housing rule in the Nexus archive.
- Trump Cabinet member scraps Obama-era gender identity housing rule, cites ‘biological reality’
HUD Secretary Scott Turner halted enforcement of the Obama-era 2016 Equal Access Rule, which allowed self-identification for gender in HUD-funded housing programs. The move aligns with Trump's executive order to prioritize 'biological truth,' impacting shelters serving women fleeing domestic violence by requiring admission based on biological sex rather than gender identity.