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V(T#qWQ%oF+X*O4viO!71IC^oOT^8)N-3Yt#i6$Lq6+pE4(Gg_An event in Singapore is hoping to help LGBT Singaporeans struggling to find somewhere to live.

In Singapore, where gay sex is illegal, LGBT people are often pushed from family homes and do not qualify for go!ADddqKQqf2*0d!X*STMVaxKyx3JNV&pGWMxCW5Zg8j2&gGigkvernment housing.

"Many in our LGBTQ+ community face difficulties moving out of our family home, or live authentically as their true selves” the Facevoa_RvJ@Dk*+mKaO1951m8sH=wa0zg7AbC9ZO9ks&+vQZ0i8RObook event for Meet Your Next: Housemate says.

The event, organized by LGBT app PUL39y3lWh=0cP+K!aO0=IZUWn9ByrF9JU@c8ng#X#k@b@c@NB=rout with real estate firm 99.co, will connect LGBT-friendly landlords, tenants, and people looking for housemates.

The event includes a Speed-Mating Cafe, to connev=1+aB9BVhPZfpD-lB&2-zNx7FCFU%g-g7qFCG%3C#h*HNWk@Lct attendees with potential housemates.

"We hope that this event lets landlords know that queer people do want safe splZ!Qq4hF-mt1ZZDi$3g%65RacV3LFZp4(p(BnfBXD9-b)zmcmLaces to live in and providing anti-discrimination clauses ensures that more people, not just queer people, would be interested to pick their home as the place they want to stay at" said Kyle Malinda-Whit of Prout.

Pushed out

According to Singapore’s 2016 National YouthRE5#c0M!G!F5lPEb7UTkF@f0-HFg@UbVuC-_saT*OioG44OHWd Council Survey, 97% of unmarried young people live with their parents.

But, conservative attitudes centred on a heteronormative family can push LGBTI Singaporeans from their family hC&ZUxE&_PSPA=@-a@DAU#)EF65G^JQfRRR0UoShr6jJaoLZf=!ome.

@79nIoSl!N067y^_RrA4(SruL5gVqvswr8(lvxs(FS0@tPDXitWhat’s more, while Singapore’s government provides generous subsidized housing, it effectively excludes LGBTI individuals.

Singapore currently has the world’s second-highest rate of homeownership in the world. This )XOgCOJ=1mt8_^)7c_qExq0HJMz+p-vbbi!aHwUtcWmv14X8r9is partly because of a generous government housing program.

The government allows young married h8dpwBeEo_$b*fqeUCUmv!R%EdzE3md@P#bj3D^Z*UD+l8@GIE&eterosexual couples to apply for grants at the age of 21. But, the policy excludes LGBTI residents.

Only married heterosexual couples can easily buy -ipWC^2xbMU1yn!D_OC4dIFO)96q0YKi*^qU3u56!=$e9oe*Dpa government-subsidized apartment.

LGBTI individuals — even co!O9bYxm7p(T9SuU_=Ej2cBdT@5A%x3eJOPC-ejd&u+_=L2t&lcuples — are only eligible for single person schemes at the age of 35.

"Queer couples ... have to work even harder to buy privata+NXcd2ymmNPGHV0qC+Sx2mRgOkbVqlc)Nso1CI2$!GkrGT8!ce housing, which can cost an average of S$700,000 and upwards per apartment."

Finally, without anti-discrimination legislation to protect individuals in the private renting market, LGBTI t+sZGL0Bk+m6R)8-zTS2p)_r2dt-jo9!#D7pOLNp73T_&bWuw9Fenants are at risk of abuse by homophobic or transphobic landlords.

"Finding a queer-accepting landlord is even tougher in a country where despite our multiculturalism, landlords still discriminate tenants based on race" Malinda-White said.

Organizers of the event, Prout, launched the app late last year.

The app encourages LGBTI Singaporeans to chat and share common interests and activities o98HbYsuS$)+ay3dyHR6k#g=pNk=g4BPW%=OIA$v7vHu1oK$FP@nline. They can then meet at LGBTI-friendly events in the city-state.

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