by Kenneth Schrupp at Just the News
The Center Square) – California lawmakers proposed expanding the state’s zero-down, no payment home “loan” program to illegal immigrants. Due to lack of housing production relative to population and demand, California currently ranks 49th in housing units per resident, resulting in high home prices.
“Assembly Bill 1840 is an insult to California citizens who are being left behind and priced out of homeownership,” said State Sen. Briah Dahle, R-Bieber, in a statement. “I’m all for helping first-time homebuyers, but give priority to those who are here in our state legally.”
With the reinforcement of the Texas Border, illegal immigrants are now redirecting to the California and Arizona borders, highlighting concerns that the state’s provision of healthcare and unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants could become even more costly and bring more illegal immigrants to the state.
2024’s expansion of the state’s MediCal taxpayer-funded free-to-low-cost healthcare system to all illegal immigrants is expected to cost $3.4 billion on state expectations 700,000 newly qualified illegal immigrants will sign up. Should more arrive and more sign up for the program, which includes access to gender reassignment interventions, that cost will be higher.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times,…
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