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Outwith Studio presents LGBTQIA+ housing study to Pittsburgh human-rights commission
Summary
Outwith Studio shared results from a CHR-funded survey and interviews showing rental harassment, suspected steering, shelter exclusions and widespread housing precarity among LGBTQIA+ respondents in Pittsburgh; presenters and commissioners discussed outreach, testing, and supports for informal housing networks.
June McCartin, principal at Outwith Studio, and Estee Shapiro, an associate at Outwith Studio, presented results of a Commission on Human Relations (CHR)–commissioned study on housing discrimination against LGBTQIA+ residents during the commission's regular meeting.
The research, commissioned by the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations, combined a Typeform survey (67 submitted responses), site events, interviews, and a mobile “zine” exhibit to document how sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (SOGI) shape housing experiences locally, the presenters said.
The study found that harassment was the most commonly reported form of discrimination in rental situations, with respondents also reporting suspected steering, withheld maintenance, privacy violations tied to mismatched identity documents, and in some cases denial of shelter space or placement in facilities that did not align with their gender identity. Presenters said 84% of survey respondents were current…
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