Overview
- HUD’s fair housing office notified Mayor Michelle Wu in a six-page letter that it has opened the case under the Fair Housing Act and Title VI, in what outlets report as the administration’s first city-level fair-housing probe.
- Investigators allege Boston prioritized Black and Latino residents in its housing strategy and encouraged lenders and developers to concentrate assistance on those communities.
- The letter cites the Boston Housing Strategy 2025, the Assessment of Fair Housing, the Anti-Displacement Action Plan, and programs including Welcome Home Boston.
- HUD Secretary Scott Turner labeled the approach a “social engineering project” and said the department could bring charges or refer the matter to the Justice Department.
- Boston responded that the claims are “unhinged attacks from Washington” and vowed to defend the city’s fair and affordable housing policies.