CHIRLA, the bill’s sponsor receives $34M in government grants
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At a time in California when the media home price is over $850,000, housing starts are halted by environmental or labor union lawsuits, and $1,500 a month gets you a 240 square foot apartment in Los Angeles or San Francisco, California’s Democrat lawmakers want to give public taxpayer money to illegal immigrants for a downpayment on a home purchase.
Assembly Bill 1840 (D-Arambula), would give California taxpayer dollars to illegal immigrants to help them purchase a home.
Why?
Because, as the bill analysis for Assembly Bill 1840 says:
to “Expand opportunities for California households to accumulate wealth for themselves and their families, including ensuring that design of the loan product is not an unreasonable impediment to homeowner wealth creation.”
Notice that Democrats say “California households” and not “illegal immigrants,” as if all California households will benefit from this bill.
The title of the bill was: “California Dream for All Program.” Now it is Home Purchase Assistance Program: Eligibility. As if you won’t notice that the Democrats want to provide people who are in California illegally with down payments for new homes.
AB 1840 will:
“Establish a revolving, shared appreciation first-time homebuyer program with the goal of eventually providing up to $1 billion per year for first-time homebuyers.”
Senate Republicans’ analysis found that the plan pulls funds from veterans, to give money to illegal immigrants.
There are young men and women in the military stationed in California who cannot buy a first home because of California’s $850,000 median home cost, and highest-in-the-nation real estate prices. They are serving their country while illegal immigrants take precedence in the Democrats’ playbook.
The Globe talked with State Senator Brian Dahle Monday, who also noted that this could hurt the state’s veterans who may need a little help. “It’s not fair. It’s very unfair,” he said and indicated the bill will increase those who come to California for programs like this, as well as increase those fleeing California because of unfair policies like this.
“It would be so very wrong to prioritize undocumented immigrants over the men and women who have made great sacrifices in military service to our country,” said Sen. Dahle (R-Bieber). “California is struggling with a multi-billion dollar deficit, and numerous housing and homelessness programs providing vital assistance to so many struggling Californians face budget cuts. AB 1840 would short-change veterans even more.”
“The people who need a little help will get less,” Dahle said. “Prior to this legislation, they [those here illegally] were disqualified.”
Where is this coming from?
The bill’s sponsor is the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), which says, “AB 1840 would ensure immigration status is not a barrier when accessing housing services…” and “Ensuring documentation status does not preclude an individual from accessing housing support and resources removes confusion and encourages undocumented Californians to access critical support services that allow them to achieve housing stability…”
The the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), lists that it received $33,966,572 in government grants on its 2023 IRS Form 990, and $10,628,376 in “All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above,” for a grand total of $44,760,434.
That’s $44.7+ million in government grants and contributions that the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights takes in, but is advocating for California’s taxpayers to fork over $1 billion per year for first-time illegal immigrant homebuyers.
Why don’t California’s Democrats ask the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights provide the down payments for illegal immigrants “when accessing housing services.” This isn’t something California taxpayers should be on the hook for – especially with a huge budget deficit, and especially when California’s own kids can’t even afford to buy homes.
Notably, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights gives away:
$1,130,140 in the form of “Grants and other assistance to domestic organizations and domestic governments;” $11,774 to “Grants and other assistance to domestic individuals.”
They give away $1.142 million.
I am Hispanic. My father and his brothers/sisters came from Mexico, back in fifties, with his/my parents/grandparents. They lived in a two bedroom apartment with all nine of them. They worked hard at odd jobs. Jobs that other people wouldn’t think of doing. They all eventually moved out after high school and worked for city, trade job, I.e., electrician, cement work, and ect. They all ended up buying homes and started a family. They never asked/applied for government assistance. Our tax dollars shouldn”t use assist people from other countries. Would other countries assist us it we immigrated to their country? Perhaps, but assisting us buying a house. This state is is already in a deficit. I agree CHRILA should assist the illegal immigrants with their housing. Our American born children can’t even buy a house on their own. Even with the very assistance they get from the government. Kalifornia is the the land of give away as long you are a person of color and from another country.
It will be the voters fault 100% if they allow this travesty to continue.
Stupid is as Stupid Does.
In other words, if you are insane enough to vote for more Democrat “give mee’s” then you deserve the high taxes, and loss of freedom everyone experiences in the late not so great state of Kalif.