Top Hong Kong court backs housing rights for gay couples

Hong Kong's top court on Tuesday, November 26, upheld three earlier rulings that favored granting public housing and inheritance rights to married same-sex couples, citing equality provisions in the city's mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law.

The unanimous ruling by Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal is the latest legal victory for the city's LGBTQ+ community since 2023.

The government's challenge to the top court came after the lower Court of Appeal earlier upheld rulings in favor of granting same-sex couples who married overseas subsidized housing rights and inheritance rights in three cases.

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