For some people, Evanston’s reparations program remains incomplete – WBEZ (Chicago)

When the Local Reparations Housing program passed in 2021, it prioritized residents who could qualify as “ancestors,” defined as African Americans currently living in Evanston that could prove they were residents between 1919 and 1969. People whose families were hindered by Evanston’s housing discrimination, causing them to move and not return, would not qualify.