HUD’s Equal Access Rule Training
May 23, 2024
The CoC recently hosted a training on HUD’s Equal Access Rule (Equal Access to Housing Final Rule – HUD Exchange), involuntary family separation, and creating spaces of inclusion.
The Equal Access rule ensures that all individuals – regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity – have equal access to HUD’s Department of Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs, shelters, benefits, services and accommodations. As such, it prohibits certain forms of discrimination against persons identifying as LGBTQIA2S+. The training session offered a deeper dive into the CoC Policy and HUD’s Equal Access Rules, laws prohibiting discrimination and strategies to provide all individuals who interact with CoC and YHDP programs and agencies funded by CoC and YHDP with a safe, healthy, inclusive, affirming and discrimination-free environment.
View the video of the training
View the slides from the training
View sample provider-level policy & procedure document
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