Evanston's City Council approved the plan on March 22, 2021 in a vote of 8-1.<br />$400,000 will be distributed among eligible Black households.<br />According to the Associated Press, those households will be qualified to receive $25,000 for down payments on property or home repairs.<br />Program funding will come from recreational marijuana tax as well as donations.<br />Evanston anticipates spending $10 million over the next decade.<br />To qualify, residents must have have either been a direct descendant of a Black person who suffered housing discrimination in Evanston between 1919 to 1969, or they must have endured the discrimination themselves.<br />The sole vote against the plan was cast by Alderwoman Cicely Fleming.
