A taxpayer-funded far-left organization in Oregon is offering illegal aliens $30,000 to help them purchase homes in the United States while average Americans cannot afford to buy their own homes.
The Hacienda Community Development Corp. (Hacienda CDC), which has received funding from American taxpayers, is now participating in a down payment assistance program in Oregon called “Camino a Casa” — which Americans are not allowed to participate in, as the program explicitly states that it is only for non-citizens.
What do you think Oregon friends? Should non citizens and undocumented citizens be given $30,000 for down payments to buy a home here in the state of Oregon? Check out the requirements! ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/riGm6AuMGJ
— Oregon Citizen (@oregoncitizen_) August 9, 2024
Through the program, illegal aliens are given up to $30,000 to help them with their down payments to purchase new homes.
Oregon is offering $30,000 for illegal aliens to buy homes. This program is not open to American citizens. Only illegals.
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— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 22, 2024
“Clients work closely with financial coaches and HUD-certified housing counselors throughout the entirety of the homebuying process. In addition to mortgage readiness and financial fitness workshops, we provide various opportunities for down-payment assistance,” according to internal documents that have since been leaked and obtained by the Daily Caller.
The documents were later confirmed as authentic by Oregon state Rep. Ed Diehl (R), who condemned the program for not only giving taxpayer money to illegals, but also for taking away homes from American citizens amid a “severe housing shortage” in Oregon.
“American citizens in Oregon are struggling to find and buy a home,” Diehl explained in a statement. “We have a severe housing shortage in this state. I am appalled that the hard-earned, limited tax dollars of Oregonians are being used to prioritize home ownership for certain non-US citizens. Oregon can’t end this state-sponsored discrimination soon enough.”
The project is able to receive funding from both state taxpayers and federal taxpayers via the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) because it is funded in part by the Economic Equity Investment Program (EEIP), which was created after the Economic Equity Investment Act (SB 1579) was passed by Oregon’s legislature in 2022.
The EEIP was initially given $15 million in taxpayer dollars to give to various organizations in order to help individuals purchase land and property, but another $8 million was given to the program in 2024 to provide “culturally responsive services to support economic stability, self-sufficiency, wealth building, and economic equity among disadvantaged individuals, families, businesses, and communities.” This funding was later distributed to several other organizations, including Hacienda CDC.
After the documents were leaked, many called out the taxpayer-funded program as unconstitutional — with Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) attorney Andrew Quinio arguing that Hacienda CDC’s discrimination against American citizens is likely a violation of constitutional rights.
“Oregon cannot treat individuals differently based on race except in very rare exceptions, nor can it have groups do so on its behalf,” Quinio explained in a statement. “The Legislative Counsel’s analysis raised important questions of whether the EEIP would survive a court challenge, given that its apparent intent and application is to provide assistance to groups that assist only individuals of specific races. The Constitution forbids the government from advantaging or disadvantaging individuals based on race, either directly or indirectly this way.”
