{"id":28279,"date":"2025-07-25T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=28279"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:11:48","slug":"la-administracion-trump-desestimara-los-casos-de-discriminacion-por-racismo-medioambiental-en-la-vivienda-en-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/07\/25\/trump-administration-to-dismiss-environmental-racism-housing-discrimination-cases-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"La Administraci\u00f3n Trump desestimar\u00e1 los casos de racismo ambiental y discriminaci\u00f3n por vivienda en Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da532e87346\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><em>This story was originally published <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/environment\/2025\/07\/18\/trump-reverses-environmental-racism-housing-discrimination-chicago-general-iron-hud-brandon-johnson\">by the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>. Sign up for its <a href=\"https:\/\/suntimesdeal.com\/welcome#\">newsletter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has upended two years-long investigations into civil rights violations in Chicago, one that started with an <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2022\/7\/19\/23270084\/hud-civil-rights-general-iron-polluters-black-latino-neighborhoods-lightfoot\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">unwanted scrap metal operator<\/a>\u00a0and another that deemed City Council members have\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2023\/11\/28\/23979913\/aldermanic-prerogative-affordable-housing-hud-chicago-discrimination\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">discriminatory veto power<\/a>\u00a0to block affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/trump-hud-drop-housing-discrimination-cases-housing-pollution?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&amp;utm_content=cm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">ProPublica reported<\/a>\u00a0Friday that the two Chicago cases are among seven that the Trump administration is dismissing. Complainants told the Sun-Times they were aware the Trump administration was about to dismiss the cases.<\/p>\n<p>There is no official word from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which conducted the investigations, and the agency has not responded to multiple requests from the Sun-Times for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da532e8896a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da532e894e1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da532e89b8f\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>One high-profile case involved the General Iron scrap metal operation that was being relocated from white, affluent Lincoln Park to a low-income community of color on the Southeast Side.<\/p>\n<p>Residents pushed back on the relocation of the polluting business, which shreds junk cars, appliances and other large items as a way to sell the metal for reuse. The city ultimately denied the business a permit to operate at East 116th Street and the Calumet River, citing pollution and health concerns.<\/p>\n<p>In its investigation of the city\u2019s policies related to the relocation of General Iron, the feds determined that Chicago habitually puts heavy industrial polluters in South Side and West Side neighborhoods, benefitting North Side communities that are largely white and wealthy.<\/p>\n<p>That fair housing investigation by HUD resulted in a binding agreement that is still in effect. As part of the pact, the city agreed to push an ordinance that seeks to change zoning and land-use practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69da532e8b22b\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-6155\" class=\"post-6155 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to category-environmentandhealth category-visuals tag-gicampaign\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/06\/08\/meet-the-youth-behind-the-general-iron-campaign\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BORDERLESSBOOK_-English___RGB_7_featured.png\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/06\/08\/meet-the-youth-behind-the-general-iron-campaign\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Meet the Youth Behind the General Iron Campaign<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/borderless-magazine-staff\/\" title=\"View all posts by Borderless Magazine Staff\">Borderless Magazine Staff<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/06\/08\/meet-the-youth-behind-the-general-iron-campaign\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">junio 8, 2021<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da532e8f1e8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed to uphold the agreement, which was signed by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot on her last day in office. While an \u201cenvironmental justice\u201d ordinance has been introduced by Johnson, the City Council has not taken action. A spokesman for Johnson said he couldn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>HUD officials will no longer enforce that agreement, according to ProPublica\u2019s reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Another case involves the City Council\u2019s use of a veto power known as aldermanic prerogative to prevent construction of affordable rental units.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2023, the agency found City Council members wrongly kept affordable housing out of their wards using aldermanic prerogative.<\/p>\n<p>HUD sent a strongly worded letter to City Hall saying that the local veto was \u201cinstrumental in creating Chicago\u2019s patterns of segregation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"RelatedList Enhancement\" data-module=\"\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<p>The feds found that aldermanic prerogative was a veto that \u201cdisproportionately harms Black and Hispanic households who are far more likely than white households to need and qualify for affordable housing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just months ago, it appeared that HUD was close to a binding civil rights agreement with Johnson\u2019s administration that would require City Hall to make changes that encourage affordable housing in all 50 city wards. But an agreement was not reached. The 10 groups began\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2025\/07\/08\/hud-affordable-housing-aldermanic-prerogative-discrimination-brandon-johnson\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">negotiating with City Hall directly and hope to reach an agreement with Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe condemn this decision by HUD and it flies in the face of decades of civil rights law, regulation and legal precedent,\u201d Patricia Fron, executive director of Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance, said in a statement. \u201cThis is a gut punch to every individual who has been directly harmed by the loss of affordable housing units due to discriminatory decision making. There are no material grounds for which HUD can dismiss this case.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"RTEAdModule\">\n<div class=\"HTLAds htlad-mobile_article_body_med_rec_dynamic tude-ads\" data-unit=\"\/suntimes\/chicago.suntimes.com\/news\/environment\" data-targeting=\"{}\">\n<div id=\"mobile_article_body_med_rec_dynamic-3\" class=\"htl-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, she added, \u201cwe don\u2019t need HUD, we are confident we can continue to work directly with the City on a resolution that meets the urgent needs for affordable housing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Johnson, executive director of People for Community Recovery on the Far South Side who was a party to both complaints with HUD, said she was aware that the Trump actions were coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is true, this still doesn\u2019t stop our fight,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Harley, Johnson\u2019s lawyer in the General Iron complaint, said he had unofficial communication that the HUD decision was about to be announced. As of Friday afternoon, he had not received official word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage people to take another look at that document [about the environmental case] and what HUD investigators concluded three years ago,\u201d Harley said.<\/p>\n<p>City and state officials now need to step up efforts to stop discrimination, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"true\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-4 1articleright\" class=\"widget_text widget 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