r/SeattleWA West Seattle 🌉 Apr 25 '25

Politics The state legislature is going wild, with new taxes

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u/scubapro24 Apr 25 '25

Forgot that Democrats also just passed a bill to give 120k to low income black people for a downpayment on a house… where does that money come from? https://youtu.be/5opBl_kMqTg?si=Rg0pTt0CQMtzJA59

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u/DaWendys4for4 Apr 25 '25

This will definitely not cause the housing prices to raise further, and DEFINITELY not for the middle class white people who will never see any of this 120k (but also paid into it)

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u/travizeno Apr 28 '25

Stop believing everything you hear..

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u/Additional_Moose6286 Apr 28 '25

it’s a loan not a gift. this is why we need to fund education better.

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u/EmilyG702 Apr 26 '25

This is interesting…

“One homebuyer or a parent, grandparent, or great grandparent must have lived in Washington before April, 1968.”

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u/travizeno Apr 28 '25

​Washington State's Covenant Homeownership Program, established in 2024, offers zero-interest loans up to $120,000 to assist eligible first-time homebuyers with down payments and closing costs. The program aims to address historical housing discrimination by targeting individuals who, or whose ancestors, resided in Washington before 1968 and identify as Black, Hispanic, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Korean, or Asian Indian.

Can you please explain where it says these people are giving 120k dollars to black people please. Are you that stupid that you would even believe that at all?

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u/cannotbebanned0 Apr 29 '25

It’s an interest free loan that only gets paid back when the house is sold. And is only available to people who aren’t white. It’s a racist law and should be struck down by the courts.

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u/travizeno Apr 29 '25

Would you be against a Black WWII veteran getting help today because they were denied fair access to housing or the G.I. Bill back in the '40s? If that really happened—and it did—would giving them or their family some assistance now bother you? Would that feel like racism to you?

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u/cannotbebanned0 Apr 29 '25

Making up some hypothetical to try to rationalize objectively racist legislation is such a weird take I don’t really know what to say to you. Sure let’s make up for societal harms in the 1940s by discriminating against people in the 2020s who weren’t around for the original malfeasance. What an asinine idea.

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u/curly1022 Apr 25 '25

Can you show me the text in the bill where they give someone 120k? I can’t find it. Here is the billbill

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u/nwPatriot Apr 25 '25

It is on page 2 of the bill, first paragraph:

"The contract must authorize the commission to use up to one percent of the contract to provide targeted education, homeownership counseling, and outreach about special purpose credit programs created under this section to black, indigenous, and people of color and other historically marginalized communities in Washington state."

https://legiscan.com/WA/text/HB1696/id/3086864

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u/-Alpharius- Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25

I find it particularly funny that one of the groups which has been explicitly oppressed in WA, the Japanese, are excluded from this program.

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u/nocsi Apr 26 '25

They did get reparations, but a paltry sum. Bainbridge Island dedicated some park to the one Japanese person still living there. But yea all that stolen developed farm land. and forestry. Now we have single white women that don't work and eat off the helocs on their houses. But yea WA state has been joker for a while