Taxpayer-Funded Oregon Org Giving Out Down Payments for New Homes to Non-Citizens Only; Report: Tax-Funded Group Offering $30,000 For Non-Citizen Homebuyers In Oregon: American Citizens Need Not Apply.

Taxpayer-Funded Oregon Org Giving Out Down Payments for New Homes to Non-Citizens Only:

A taxpayer-funded Portland, Oregon, organization is offering extensive down payment assistance for new homebuyers in the state — but they must be non-U.S. citizens, a new report revealed.

Hacienda Community Development Corporation is offering $30,000 to first-time Oregon homebuyers who are DACA recipients, asylum seekers, refugees, green card holders, or otherwise non-citizen, journalism group Oregon Citizen showed with screenshots posted to X:

The money came from the state’s taxpayer-funded Economic Equity Investment Program, which allocated $15 million to a host of several organizations, including $692,775 to Hacienda CDC.

The screenshots, which Oregon Citizen said were from a flier sent to a local educator, showed that Hacienda CDC will be handing out 21 free down payments with that money.

“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,” Hacienda CDC stated.

Oregon state Rep. Ed Diehl (R) confirmed to the Daily Caller that the group is excluding Americans from their down payment program.

“American citizens in Oregon are struggling to find and buy a home. 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,” Diehl said. —>READ MORE HERE

Report: Tax-Funded Group Offering $30,000 For Non-Citizen Homebuyers In Oregon:

American citizens need not apply.

taxpayer-funded development group is reportedly offering $30,000 for down payment assistance to non-citizen residents in Oregon. American citizens need not apply.

On Wednesday, the Daily Caller reported the Hacienda Community Development Corp. is doling out the benefits for new migrant homebuyers through the group’s “Camino a Casa program.”

“Clients work closely with financial coaches and HUD-certified housing counselors throughout the entirety of the home-buying process,” the program website reads. “In addition to mortgage readiness and financial fitness workshops, we provide various opportunities for down-payment assistance.”

Non-citizen status is required for eligibility to participate in the taxpayer funded program, according to a resident post on X by Oregon Citizen. State Rep. Ed Diehl, R-Ore., told the Daily Caller he confirmed with a local business group that citizens were excluded, despite Americans coping with “a severe housing shortage in this state.”

“Hacienda CDC is partially funded through the Economic Equity Investment Program (EEIP), an equity-based beneficiary project established through the Economic Equity Investment Act (SB 1579), which the Oregon legislature passed in 2022,” the Daily Caller reported. “The organization receives millions in Oregon state taxpayer money and federal taxes through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), according to its recent annual report.”

The Hacienda Community Development Corp. did not respond to The Federalist’s request for comment. —>READ MORE HERE

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