Renters who are takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ are putting up with uninhabitable housing conditions because they are too scared to speak out, a public health researcher says.
LGBTIQ+ people were "disproportionately impacted by homelessness", University of Otago Department of Public Health senior research fellow Dr Brodie Fraser said.
Internationally, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and other sexual and gender minorities people comprise between 20 to 40 percent of those experiencing homelessness, despite only being 5 to 10 percent of the general population, they added. Read more