Chicago Looks to Overhaul Its Zoning and Land Use Policies to Address Environmental Discrimination
By Aydali Campa
The City of Chicago and environmental justice organizations finished collecting feedback from residents on a new plan to address environmental justice issues on Wednesday. The community engagement process is part of a broader endeavor to reform policies and processes that the federal government found to be racially discriminatory. The city risks losing hundreds of millions in federal housing dollars if it doesn’t devise a plan to address the issue by this fall.
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