HUD accuses Boston of racial discrimination in housing policies - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Trainor said his office was investigating whether the city had violated federal laws against discrimination in housing sales or rentals based on race, sex or national origin.
49% : It would be the first investigation launched by the Trump administration of racial discrimination in a city's housing practices under the Civil Rights Act, which the Education Department has used to pressure colleges and universities to end race-based admissions and scholarship programs or lose federal funding.
49% : Internal communications, memos and other documents reviewed by The New York Times showed efforts by the Trump administration to limit enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, the landmark civil rights law that has prohibited discrimination in housing for nearly six decades.
40% : It was the latest example of the Trump administration's push against diversity, equity and inclusion policies and rollback of civil rights protections meant to prevent discrimination against minorities.

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