According to reports, Evanston, IL, has become the first U.S. city to offer black residents reparations.

After the city council voted on a historic reparations program that will grant black families $25,000 per, in the form of housing grants. The program will grant families up to $25,000 for home repairs or down payments. A draft of the resolution reads:

“The Program is a step towards revitalizing, preserving, and stabilizing Black/African-American owner-occupied homes in Evanston, increasing homeownership and building the wealth of Black/African-American residents, building intergenerational equity amongst Black/African-American residents, and improving the retention rate of Black/African-American homeowners in the City of Evanston.” 

The new reparations program will be funded by the tax revenue generated by Illinois’s recreational marijuana market.