As National LGBTQ+ Pride Month, June is dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and recognizing the bias and discrimination they have faced, and continue to face, including in housing and real estate. As Homeownership Month, June is also a time to build awareness of all potential barriers to homeownership and take intentional steps toward eliminating those.
Here are a number of resources to help you learn about the LGBTQ+ community and its history, as well as continue to work toward positive change, equality, and inclusion in our industry and communities to make homeownership more achievable for all:
- Read about the history of LGBTQ+ Pride Month
- Check out the NAR Homeownership Month information and resources, including social media graphics
- Use NAR LGBTQ+ Pride Month marketing and social media graphics in your communications to show your support of the LGBTQ+ community (scroll to bottom of page)
- Complete the NAR Fairhaven Housing Simulation, which presents housing discrimination situations and demonstrates ways to address those
- Watch this NAR video, Bias Override: Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing
- Read 6 Ways to Promote Homeownership
- Listen to May’s Drive With NAR Podcast, Your Role in Solving the Inventory Crisis: Use Your Voice, which discusses inventory issues and steps that agents can take to be part of the solution.
- Review this list of national and local LGBTQ+ resources
- Learn about and get involved with the National Association of Gay & Lesbian Real Estate Professionals
- Review the consumer Buying a Home resources from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Read about LGBTQ+ history and contributions in Wisconsin
- Review the 2021 NAR Profile of LGBTQ Home Buyers and Sellers
