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LGBTQ+ Homeownership in the United States

  • Ana H. Kent
  • Sophia C. Scott
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 114, May 2024
(pp. 270–73)
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Abstract

LGBTQ+ adults had a lower homeownership rate (53 percent) than non-LGBTQ+ adults (72.5 percent). Looking at LGBTQ+ subgroups by sexual orientation and gender identity revealed important nuances. Transgender people and bisexual people had the lowest homeownership rates. Lesbian cis women had a higher rate of homeownership than gay cis men, whereas in other sexual orientation groups cis men had higher rates than cis women. Transgender people of all sexual orientations, except straight, were between 6 and 12 percentage points less likely to own a home than straight cis men, and lesbian cis women were 4 percentage points less likely.

Citation

Kent, Ana H., and Sophia C. Scott. 2024. "LGBTQ+ Homeownership in the United States." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 114: 270–73. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241040

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JEL Classification

  • J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
  • R31 Housing Supply and Markets