The Heart of the Memo
The new policy directive at the heart of the memo is that the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in housing, must now be interpreted such that “sex discrimination” includes discrimination on the basis of “gender identity” in housing facilities across the country.
All of this is grounded in the Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in Bostock, which held that “sex discrimination” includes discrimination on the basis of “transgender status” (without defining “transgender status”) in employment, which the Biden administration has (possibly unlawfully) expanded to include all federal administrative laws and policies and, now, the Fair Housing Act.
What the Memo Does
The memo does three things, retroactively to January 20, the day that President Biden signed Executive Order 13988 on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.
(There was no public notice of this or open discussion)
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