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Senate committee backs targeted home-purchase assistance for descendants of enslaved people
Summary
The Housing Committee approved AB 57, a bill to reserve a portion of state home purchase assistance funds for descendants of formerly enslaved people, after debate over eligibility definitions and legal questions.
The California State Senate Housing Committee voted to advance AB 57, a measure that would reserve at least 10% of funding in the state's home purchase assistance program for applicants identified as descendants of formerly enslaved people.
Assemblymember McKinner, the bill's author, framed AB 57 as a targeted reparative measure to address historic and systemic barriers — including redlining and discriminatory lending — that have reduced homeownership for descendants of enslaved people. "AB 57 seeks to address historic and systematic…
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