U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary Raphael Bostic will host a town-hall meeting Thursday, Feb. 25, at Chicago City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle, Room 201A, 1-4 p.m., with members of the LGBT community to explore the issue of housing discrimination that specifically targets them.
HUD is preparing to launch a groundbreaking national study of discrimination against members of the LGBT community regarding the sale and rental of housing. Before designing this research effort, HUD is conducting a national listening tour with public meetings slated for Chicago, New York City and San Francisco.
Others slated to attend include Bill Greaves, liaison to Mayor Richard Daley and Director of the Advisory Council on LGBT Issues, and Simone Koehlinger, LGBT director for the Chicago Department of Health.