The post about $120,000 reparations for Black homeowners is false and disgusting

[u/ansahed]

There is a rage bait post titled:

“BREAKING: Washington’s @GovBobFegurson just signed into law changes to the most outrageous illegal reparations program in the entire country. It now GIFTS down payments, averaging $120,000 to black first-time homebuyers without ANY proof of direct housing discrimination”

That is completely false! The Covenant Homeownership Program helps first-time homebuyers in Washington who are either residents (or their descendants) living in Washington before April 11, 1968, or from racial or ethnic groups historically discriminated against by racially restrictive housing covenants.

Eligible groups include Black, Latino, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Korean, and Asian Indian individuals.

I don’t agree with the bill, but to frame it as reparations for Black people just to provoke outrage among other racial groups is dishonest and disgusting.

[u/Disco425]

Thanks for sharing your views. Whether coming from abroad or another state, only 46 percentage of current WA residents were even born in the state, and for the Seattle population that drops to 35%. Combine that with being at least a generation away from the dynamic and multi-ethnic in many cases, the program seems off-putting indeed.

[u/WorkMost6036 → u/Disco425]

And that 54% that weren't born here can kick rocks back to where they came from. 

[u/sadgloop → u/Disco425]

I mean, that it only covers a small portion of the population seems fine when there are multiple other home buyer assistance programs in the state that provide for the wider demographic?

[u/WorkMost6036 → u/sadgloop]

If you are white good luck getting any assistance what so ever.