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Trump administration seeks to halt first US reparations program for Black people
White House joined suit to stop city of Evanston, Illinois, from compensating victims of housing discrimination
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The Trump administration has joined a lawsuit attempting to stop a first-of-its-kind reparations plan that would compensate Black residents of a Chicago suburb, arguing that its race-based criteria are unconstitutional.
The program, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, offers Black residents and their descendants up to $25,000 for past raced-based housing discrimination. When the city’s program was approved in 2021, it was hailed as a model for reparations movements across the US.
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Kim Bellware · Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 3:29 PM
US news | The Guardian
White House joined suit to stop city of Evanston, Illinois, from compensating victims of housing discrimination
The Trump administration has joined a lawsuit attempting to stop a first-of-its-kind reparations plan that would compensate Black residents of a Chicago suburb, arguing that its race-based criteria are unconstitutional.
The program, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, offers Black residents and their descendants up to $25,000 for past raced-based housing discrimination. When the city’s program was approved in 2021, it was hailed as a model for reparations movements across the US.
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