HUD started investigating when organizers challenged Chicago's plan to move General Iron from mostly-white Lincoln Park to a majority-Latino area.
At an unrelated event, Lightfoot called the allegations"absolutely absurd." She said the city plans to respond and"prove them wrong."
"These actions continued a broader policy of shifting polluting activities from white neighborhoods to Black and Hispanic neighborhoods despite the latter already experiencing a disproportionate burden of environmental harms," the HUD letter to the city said.General Iron Chicago: Activists claim victory after scrapyard's move to Southeast Side halted
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