Saying it wants to focus on “real concerns” around fair housing, President Donald Trump’s administration is dropping two long-fought cases in Chicago that the feds previously agreed showed discriminatory practices.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said it will no longer monitor a civil rights agreement with the city that called for zoning and land-use reforms to limit the onslaught of polluting businesses in low-income communities on the South Side and West Side.

That agreement stemmed from a long community fight over the proposed move of General Iron to the Southeast Side. Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot signed the agreement with HUD on her last day in office in 2023, and Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed to uphold it.

The other case investigated a 2018 complaint that alleged

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