Housing and the LGBT Community - Homeownership eludes many in the LGBT community. Only 49% own homes, compared to 65% of those nationally.
The National Association of Gay &amp; Lesbian Real Estate Professionals partnered with housing finance giant Freddie Mac to release a report shedding light on housing issues and the LGBT community. The report found only 32% of LGBT people live in the same general location (i.e., city, county or metropolitan area) where they grew up. The chart below shows some of the reasons they move away, more so for those in the millennial generation.

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[{"id": "h1us4ty", "text": "I wonder if there is a correlation issue here. \n\nSpecially, older people are much more likely to own there own home vs younger people. Someone 65 years or older is mostly likely owning. \n\nPeople 65 and older also have vastly lower rates of being \u201cout of the closet.\u201d They could just be self reporting that they are heterosexual when in fact there are a bunch of older people who are actually LGBT. \n\nThat could throw off stats", "replies": [{"id": "h1utng4", "text": "Exactly. \n\nNobody actually considers the reasons these types of stats might come to be besides \u201cDiScRiMiNaTiOn!!!\u201d\n\nSo many stupid stats that mean nothing but are used and twisted to portray these widespread systemic issues.", "replies": [{"id": "h1utz2s", "text": "The article doesn\u2019t actually say it\u2019s due to discrimination, in fact it says most people didn\u2019t experience discrimination", "replies": [], "depth": 3}, {"id": "h1uym59", "text": "46% feared discrimination and 13% experienced it.  I wouldn't see that as nothing.  30/35% also had a relocation to live in a more lgbtq friendly area as well.\n\nI agree there is more to this story than just discrimination but I don't think you can ignore it either.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "h1uwj9k", "text": "This was exactly my first thought. Did they do cohorts to control  for age or just lump everyone together? Historically LGBT couples were less likely to be parents so had more discretionary income on the whole.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "h23bmhy", "text": "Also the location issue. Home ownership rates are extremely high in suburban areas, rural areas. If LGBTQ population is highly concentrated in urban areas, that home ownership rate is in line with other urban households.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "i737pji", "text": "I feel sad for them. this is def. discrimination. Anyone here faced such circumstances", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]