In keeping with her campaign promise, Mayor Michelle Wu intends to reach out to Boston’s Haitian community.
Since taking office, Mayor Wu has increased the number of Haitians of Haitian descent working at Boston City Hall. She has also initiated new projects to address issues facing members of the Haitian community.
In a meeting with community leaders and journalists, the highly successful Harvard University attorney announced a series of measures to strengthen and improve the lives of Haitians in her city.
Technical and financial support for small and medium-sized businesses in the community, increasing the number of employees of Haitian origin in agencies operating under the auspices of Boston City Hall, and immigration, are among the measures announced.
Michelle Wu also promises to address the problem of affordable housing in the city of Boston.
Access to affordable housing is one of the critical issues facing minority communities in the city of Boston.
During her campaign, Michelle Wu promised to take drastic measures to ensure that low-income communities are no longer subject to predatory landlord practices that unreasonably raise rents. It has also taken steps to enable more residents from marginalized neighborhoods to become homeowners.
The Asian-American lawyer has also democratized public transportation by waiving fees on some buses that run through several historically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Boston.
This meeting with Haitian journalists was also an opportunity for Michelle Wu to announce a meeting on March 31st at the Immigrant Family Services Institute (IFSI) with small and medium business owners. The Mayor of Boston will take the opportunity to present the various services available to minority entrepreneurs.
Although the mayor of Boston has shown a willingness to deliver on his campaign promises, the conference participants did not miss the opportunity to draw his attention to great needs of Boston’s Haitians.
The State of Massachusetts has the third largest Haitian community in the United States after Florida, and New York.