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Posted: 2025-04-25 02:01:09 UTC

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Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law changes to a reparations program that gifts down payments averaging $120,000 to black first-time homebuyers without proof of direct housing discrimination. The bill, HB 1696, turns down payment loans into gifts after five years.
Changes to Washington's reparations program
Gifts of down payments averaging $120,000 to black first-time homebuyers
No proof of direct housing discrimination required
Down payment loans turn into gifts after five years
Accusations of racism against Republicans who didn't support the bill
Lack of legal challenges to the program despite being in place for over a year