Reparations · Municipal · IL
Evanston, Illinois launches the nation's first publicly funded reparations program
- Direction
- +2 — major benefit to Freedmen
- Force
- 1.00 — enacted, vetoed, or final
- Status
- Decided
- Date
- 2021-03-22
Why this rating
On March 22, 2021, Evanston approved the Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program — up to $25,000 in housing grants for Black residents who lived in Evanston between 1919 and 1969 or their direct descendants, funded by cannabis-tax revenue. Rated +2: the first government-funded reparations paid in the United States, with eligibility tied to documented residency-and-descent — a lineage mechanism, not race alone.
Summary
On March 22, 2021, Evanston approved the Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program — up to $25,000 in housing grants for Black residents who lived in Evanston between 1919 and 1969 or their direct descendants, funded by cannabis-tax revenue. Rated +2: the first government-funded reparations paid in the United States, with eligibility tied to documented residency-and-descent — a lineage mechanism, not race alone.
Sources
- Black residents to get reparations in Evanston, Illinois — BBC News — news · primary · historical
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