Medford City Hall Hosts Forum on LGBT Housing Discrimination and Protection
Those attending the "LGBT Equal Access to HUD Programs and Cultural Competancy" forum were members of the MAHRC, personnel from housing authorities, law enforcement officials and staff from various municipalities.
Submitted by City of Medford Diversity Director Diane McLeod. Thursday the Diane McLeod, Diversity Director of the City of Medford hosted the Massachusetts Association of Human Rights & Relations Commissions (MAHRC) and Lauren Willhoite, Presidential Fellow of Boston's Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to roll out the new federal regulations that provide protections for housing and banking entities that receive federal dollars. The forum was called LGBT Equal Access to HUD Programs and Cultural Competancy. Those in attendance were members of the MAHRC, personnel from housing authorities, law enforcement officials and staff from various municipalities. The program began with Gunner Scott of Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (…
