More than a third of LGTBI+ people (34%) have experienced Sinhogarism in the past five years, according to the survey findings. LGTBI+ status 2025: Socio-economic report, prepared by the Federación Estatal LGTBI+ (Felgtbi+). Due to this situation of eviction from home, approximately 17% were hosted by friends or family; around 10% resorted to temporary accommodation; around 9% settled in an unsuitable location; and around 4.5% were forced to live on the street, according to the study carried out by 40dB, through 800 interviews, and prepared in collaboration with the University of Salamanca.
“In reality, LGTBI+ people live LGBTbiphobia at home, the area where we should find greater support. This affects both our mental health and our possibilities for training or professional and vital development,” detailed the president of Felgtbi+, Paula Iglesias, during the presentation of the report this month in Madrid.
Although trans people suffer the most from eviction from their homes, the percentage of gay and bisexual men facing this situation increased by 3% compared to last year, Iglesias pointed out. Sexual orientation is one of the reasons why people leave home. Track issues related to family and gender identity. Thus, approximately 36% of the members of the collective have been faced with homelessness at some point in their lives. “This expulsion from the home exposes the collective to further harassment, discrimination and violence,” Iglesias stressed.
“Sinhogarism appears to be one of the greatest socio-economic challenges for LGTBI+ people,” underlined María Rodríguez, head of the Felgtbi+ survey. For the researcher, “the precarious housing situation of LGTBI+ people is deeply linked to the difficulties of accessing stable jobs with decent salaries”. “The data presented indicates that we are talking about something structural and not residual,” he added.
Indeed, the report speaks of a consolidation of trends that the Felgtbi+ researcher has observed for three years, when the first edition of the study was published. We are therefore seeing a sustained increase in unemployment (2% more than in 2024); an increase in low work intensity (from 14.7% to 21.9%); in addition to a worsening of indicators of relative poverty and material lack.
“All of these elements confirm a structural fragility that affects women in the collective and trans people in general in a particularly intense way,” summarized Rodríguez. This claim is supported by more data such as the fact that 11.5% of LGTBI+ people are nimileurists (compared to about 7% of the general population), which means that 43.3% cannot keep the house at an adequate temperature (more than twice as many as the general population: 17.6%).
“There are stereotypes who find themselves in the colectivo in a position of economic privilege; in general, a sustained deterioration occurs in the living conditions of LGTBI+ people,” warned the president of Felgtbi+.
This is why from the organization, which represents more than 50 entities from throughout the national territory, they demand concrete measures such as progress in the State Pact against hate speech, long demanded by the Federation. “These speeches heat up the political and social environment. They make us calmer,” denounced Iglesias.
Also demand compliance with the royal decree for LGTBI+ equality in companies, considering access to employment necessary to have a dignified and stable life. “It is necessary to change the discourse: from ‘love is love’ to ‘we want to be free’ to claim the right not to be discriminated against,” Iglesias asked. To what was said: “We are experiencing a situation of threat and vulnerability. It is urgent that institutions look the other way in the face of the exclusion of a part of society; it is a question of protecting and restoring dignity to thousands of lives.”
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