Study shows, Metro Detroit most gay-friendly housing
Michigan’s Fair Housing Center conducted a study of discrimination towards gay and lesbian couples when looking for housing. The study showed the least discrimination in Metro Detroit, including Detroit, Ferndale and Birmingham.
Michigan’s Fair Housing Center conducted a study of discrimination towards gay and lesbian couples when looking for housing. The study showed the least discrimination in Metro Detroit, including Detroit, Ferndale and Birmingham.
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However, discrimination was far lower in Metro Detroit, where just three of the 36 tests revealed discrimination. Montgomery and others said Detroit’s existing ban on gay discrimination, as well as similar bans in Birmingham, Ferndale and elsewhere in the region, may have “set the tone” that discrimination is not condoned in the area.
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