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| 2024-08-24 | |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Oregonians have reacted angrily to a taxpayer-funded scheme that doles out $30,000 for non-legal migrants to buy homes, but excludes US citizens. Hacienda Community Development Corporation, a Latino-led group in Portland, says in a promotion that it will give first-time home buyers up to $30,000 to get on the property ladder. But there's a catch, the advert adds. The scheme is 'only for people who are not American citizens.' It is instead open to refugees, asylum seekers, Green Card holders, and those who arrived in the US illegally as children, the post says. Oregon state representative Ed Diehl is among those to say he's 'appalled' at the scheme, which he said was funded through the state's tax-funded Economic Equity Investment Program (EEIP). Hacienda and its CEO Ernesto Fonseca, who hails from an impoverished part of Mexico, did not answer The Mail's requests for comment. The post was unearthed and shared on X earlier this month by a community information group called Oregon Citizen. The group says it was being shared quietly through schools so that the immigrant parents of students could find out about it. Hacienda is in-part funded through the EEIP, which was created through Oregon's Economic Equity Investment Act of 2022. It receives millions of dollars from Oregon state taxes and also from federal taxes through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. The EEIP received $15 million at launch and was allocated another $8 million this year. That money is distributed through Hacienda and other groups that deliver 'culturally responsive services,' according to Oregon Senate Bill 1579. The funds are aimed at supporting 'economic stability, self-sufficiency, wealth building, and economic equity among disadvantaged individuals, families, businesses, and communities.' Hacienda was funded through Business Oregon and EEIP to the tune of $692,775 this year, Oregon Citizen says. The group did not reply to our questions about excluding US citizens from its home loan schemes. It was founded in 1992 and aims to get poor 'immigrants and communities of color' into homes, says its website. Immigration has become a key issue in Oregon, with state Republicans moving to repeal some of the state's sanctuary laws, which protect some migrants from deportation. Still, voters in the Beaver State have nuanced views about migrants. Polling by Portland firm DHM Research in April 2023 showed that about half of voters say illegal immigration is a serious problem.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Not sure $30,000 will do much in the Portland market… You are thinking in terms of results. In terms of Hacienda Community Development looks to be doing well, judging from their website. In case you are interested, they have the following positions open: After-School Program Coordinator (Bilingual English/Spanish; English/Somali) Asset Manager Director of Philanthropy Hacienda Community Development Corporation |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-08-24 17:05 |
| #1 Not sure $30,000 will do much in the Portland market… |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2024-08-24 11:00 |