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:

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

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.

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Andrew Quinio, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, told the outlet that Hacienda CDC, which self-identifies as “Latino-led,” is possibly partaking in racially discriminatory practices by enforcing a non-citizens-only rule.

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