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An event in Singapore is gArJ2a_iQqOJq4dI*_FE86%P^Ukp&!0PuX#B)Dny^rtn1n01y&hoping to help LGBT Singaporeans struggling to find somewhere to live.

In Singapore, where gay sex is illegal, LGBT people are often pu#sz3y-N6#YOaxspm7ZlSdprd1@j1dIknau%^68uEAluKHI$TT9shed from family homes and do not qualify for government housing.

"Many in our LGBTQ+ community face difficulties moving out of our family home, or live authentically as their true selves” the Facebook event for Meet Your Next: Housemate says.

The event, ori*(+xw4nU&J5Ge)j7g#xydQ3@E=V6xERu-3oEahWPi=GxkNjKDganized by LGBT app Prout 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 connect attendees with potentiawfDJP=F@poB2Vbqu_HMUODr7b6I1BuSfr*U6O)pik*FoJZx*D5l housemates.

"We hope that this event lets landlords know that queer people do want safe spaces to live in and providing anti-discrimination clauses ensures that more people, not just queerK#2tc#P+Q@3%tC)0ccU%q!e8O(s!wuFN_k!%!mU6f)wjP+=3oq 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 2TB+Pd4CZ#iT@qF%klfk%)Ch&hDuTgSx*DLKgBUu3%hww*uYmUF016 National Youth Council Survey, 97% of unmarried young people live with their parents.

But, conservative atti)uQ89oUekA5dt&BJlrZ1_$TjbZjJGAyathhUd9m1wOlft_DTb^tudes centred on a heteronormative family can push LGBTI Singaporeans from their family home.

What’s more, while9-Qh_uHubsl1qawhCv0zAGf4sowR#bJTpxcd(e=fo0I$TdBVO$ 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 is partly because of a rsHO0EFYZF5#QyTs55#4^Wfnyy6DhXYNFL0x#HEjKTFOmxLFSqgenerous government housing program.

The government alloE7bQ84ox3F8LN5Vzd9Pht1vf405VSkhCZc$%&QR%ZDOgWwrKGSws young married heterosexual couples to apply for grants at the age of 21. But, the policy excludes LGBTI residents.

Only married heterosexual couples can easily buy 1W@awRG)eHom2H(mmV9WxO$HfvSXCi#zk0ZqCw4JQ-gmtAghXza government-subsidized apartment.

LGBTI individuals — even couples — are only eligible for single perxeKohKqB$^PXqA%W7VyuJE1sq@Oq%D(hUkHDktnD2XNq*0ZcQqson schemes at the age of 35.

"Queer couples ... have to work even harder to buy private 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 tenants h5hM426W0Rm1whJOYj3egKb8NaLEfOalwR3E#RDoYtCiTiT(VDare 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 online. They can the0m__JvcmbR7KQDvzw8YD_8yLtt6*BQhe1I)#inRaZ2e8Ua3n_Kn meet at LGBTI-friendly events in the city-state.

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