We are Joining the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance!

For Pride Month this June, New Purveyors is officially joining the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance. The alliance stretches across North America, with over 1700 member groups, and works to provide training to ally companies while advocating for fairer housing for the LGBTQ2+ community. 

Did you know that a large number of our houseless community members are LGBTQ2+? Although it may seem like our Ottawa community is widely accepting due to our rainbow crosswalks and our publicly LGBTQ2+ mayor, there are still plenty of LGBTQ2+ people who have trouble finding employment and housing due to their identities, or who had a rough start to life due to parents or guardians not respecting their identity. LGBTQ2+ people are also homeowners at a lower rate than the general population, due to these same reasons. 

Education, allyship, and action at the industry and government levels are crucial to ensuring that our LGBTQ2+ friends and family are safe, housed, and given the same opportunities as other members of our community. 

We look forward to participating in training and events with the alliance and continuing to learn how to be better allies going forward.