Environmental Justice Ordinance Stalls In City Council – Block Club Chicago

The ordinance was required by a 2023 settlement agreement between the city and federal housing officials after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded that city officials “discriminated on the basis of race and national origin” by clustering polluting industry in nonwhite communities.

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