A longtime, multigenerational California resident, Faith Larcy packed up her things and moved to South Carolina in May with her husband and four children to become first-time home buyers. Buying a home in California was too expensive, so they looked elsewhere.
Currently, California's progressive legislature is moving forward with a bill that would offer undocumented immigrants loans of up to $150,000 to help them buy their first home. If passed and signed into law, the bill would provide first-time homebuyers with down payment assistance of up to 20% of the home's price, or up to $150,000.
“That just seems stupid to me,” Largey, who relocated from Los Angeles County, said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom watches the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 19. (Alyssa Poynter/Reuters)
“Why would we help undocumented people get housing in a place where longtime residents like me, who have lived in the area for generations, have struggled enough to even reach that milestone,” Largey said. “I really wonder where the motivation comes from, whose interests are in it, and what the long-term plan is.”
Larcy added that their current home in South Carolina is three times cheaper than the one she and her husband were considering in California.
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The bill, AB 1840, would add to the California Housing Finance Agency's Home Buying Assistance Program, or California Dream for All Program, by: Illegal immigration application.
The bill passed the state Senate on Tuesday.
The California Dream for All program passed despite running out of funds just 11 days after it was launched in June. The program provided benefits to 1,700 first-time homebuyers at the time. Finding more funding for the program was a top issue in legislative debate this week.
Meanwhile, California remains billions of dollars in debt and has seen mass exodus of residents over the past four years due to the high cost of living.
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A spokesperson for the California Department of Finance confirmed to KCRA 3 on Tuesday that California Dream for All has no money left to fund the program.
The move comes against the backdrop of a national election in which immigration has been central, the report said, and the Trump campaign Vice President Kamala Harris The Biden administration's border policies have proven unpopular with voters.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was one of Biden's top surrogates during the campaign and now Ms. Harris, has not said whether he would sign the bill into law if it passes Congress before the Aug. 31 deadline.
Fox News Digital's Jasmine Baer and Michael Lee contributed to this report.
