$25,000 in Reparations Payout to Every Eligible Black Resident in Chicago Suburb

A suburb in Chicago approved a reparations payout to be distributed to eligible Black residents for 10 years. In this article, read and find out who is eligible to receive these payments!

In 2019, Evanston, a suburb in Chicago, Illinois, has approved a reparations payout with a total of $10 million to be distributed for over 10 years. One hundred and forty residents are expected to receive $25,000 each in reparations payout by the end of the year. To date, Evanston has already distributed the reparations payout to 16 eligible residents.

According to Hathaway, Evanston had become the first suburb in the U.S. to disburse reparations payout to Black residents over limited access to housing and discrimination, in general. To be able to qualify for the reparations payout, an applicant must have resided in Evanston between 1919 and 1969 and must have been at least 18 years old then.

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Fund for Reparations Payout

According to Brown, the reparations payout will be distributed in cash or vouchers that were intended to come from real estate transfer and marijuana taxes. However, the Evanston Round Table have observed that the sales tax revenue of marijuana decelerated after the opening of another dispensary was delayed. Nonetheless, another dispensary is scheduled to open in September which intends to help in the reparations payout.

Fortunately, Evanston officials predict that the reparations payout will be funded by the suburb’s graduated real estate transfer tax. Tasheik Kerr, assistant to the city manager, stated that $1,188,000 has already been collected to fund the reparations payout.

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