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Chicago to spend $500,000 on a subcommittee to determine how to pay reparations (news.wttw.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Half a mil to put their thumbs up their asses instead of just literally giving that money directly as reparations jokerfied

Edit: I want to clarify, I fully support reparations, I'm just extremely frustrated knowing that, under liberal/bourgeoisie democracy, these types of efforts tend to get bogged down with means testing, and sometimes outright turn into thinly-veiled handouts to private corporations. All while the police budget is still increasing YOY.

That said, Evanston (city on Chicago's northern border) did actually manage to distribute "...$25,000 in no-strings-attached direct cash payments for those eligible. Black residents who lived in Evanston during a 50-year period of discriminatory zoning laws and their direct descendants receive priority for eligibility." So I don't want to encourage further reactionary criticisms such as mine towards this specific subcommittee if they are able to achieve at least some form of direct payments similar to Evanston's program.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Evanston involves direct cash payments. 124 residents have been approved so far out of 650 applicants. Slow, yes; nothing, absolutely not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

they should update their website

i was going to post this whole thing from their faq

Why doesn’t the City give cash payments for Reparations?
Due to IRS reporting requirements, the City does not have the authority to exempt direct payments from either state or federal income taxes. As a result, a recipient would be liable for the tax burden associated with the award. The amount a particular recipient would owe would depend on their overall income, but it could be as much as 24 to 28 percent owed to the IRS and Illinois. The Restorative Housing Program disbursements of funds would go directly to the financial institution or vendor which will be responsible for the tax liability, not the resident.

i'm interested in how they got past the irs thing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"We didn’t get the money in our hands. We never see the money. The city paid the contractors for the work."

That’s what 88-year-old Louis Weathers, another grant recipient, said he wants to remain in place. He is not in favor of the cash option the council approved Monday.

“I don’t think they should do that. They should have some stipulations that will help the city in housing. Something that will help the value of my property stay stable or go up,” he said. “Giving people cash isn’t a good idea unless you put it in a trust, and you can only get so much each year.”

Looks like they started by paying contractors for repairs/renovations done, or paying banks for new purchases, but approved a cash option in March '23.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was going by an old source that listed home repair credits for 16 residents. I stand corrected on that front, as direct cash payments to 100+ people isn't nothing unlike home repair/purchase credits for 16.