National Low Income Housing Coalition

Housing & Shelter · Rhode Island · Free

NLIHC research and advocacy on affordable housing including LGBTQ+ needs. Worth contacting for sober-living houses that explicitly welcome LGBTQ+ residents. Some programs hold trans-specific beds and units; ask intake about identity-affirming room assignment. Family rejection is the #1 cause of LGBTQ+ youth homelessness — interventions sometimes restore housing if family is willing to work with counselors. Free, confidential, and open to anyone in the LGBTQ+ community.

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