BREAKING: Feds file official discrimination complaint against Wu — list 'racist' Christmas party, deprioritized English-speaking neighborhoods, 65% racial quota for housing, and banks pressured to lend by race as evidencehttps://t.co/zN3gIk0xSb
— Mass Daily News (@MassDailyNews) May 2, 2026
The Trump administration took legal action against Democrat-run Boston’s programs prioritizing “people of color” for housing assistance in a civil rights complaint obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Democratic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office and local nonprofit Opportunity Communities may be discriminating based on ethnicity and national origin in federal funding, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said in the Thursday complaint. HUD described outreach and education efforts, an investment risk assessment tool, pressure on private businesses and housing funds favoring minorities — often quoting city officials’ racially charged messaging back at them.
“Upon information and belief, the City has endorsed a city-wide system for allocating scarce housing resources based on race, color and/or national origin,” HUD wrote. The agency accused the city of pursuing “explicit racial targets” in housing.
The complaint means that Boston can work with HUD to settle the claims or the Department of Justice can take officials to court. HUD warned Boston in a September letter that it was looking into these issues based on public city statements declaring preference for “non-white” aid recipients, the DCNF previously reported.
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