A 96-year-old woman faces eviction from her home of 22 years where she says she has invested all her savings, in a Democratic state where lawmakers want to give immigrants $150,000 loans to buy homes.
Jean Jacques has been served a three-day eviction notice from Pacific Grove Senior Living, located on the picturesque coast of Monterey County, California. KSBW reported.
The notice demands that Jacques pay the outstanding balance of $110,000 or vacate his unit, the outlet reported.
The news came as a shock to Jacques, who had exhausted her savings for the home and said she signed a contract stipulating she would be cared for for life, regardless of whether she outlived her savings fund.
“I’m not going to go. They’ll have to bury me because I have nowhere to go,” Jacques told the outlet. “They have all my money.”
Jean Jacques, 96, faces eviction from his home of 22 years where he says he has invested all his savings.
Illegal immigrants may soon be eligible for a tax-funded homebuying program in California
His investments included a $250,000 down payment and $5,000 a month in rent until he could no longer afford it.
Pacifica Senior Living, which served the eviction notice, acquired the facility in 2022 with the expectation that contracts like Jacques’ would be honored, according to KSBW.
Pacific Grove Senior Living Residents Association President Bob Sadler told the outlet that “lifetime care” contracts were considered unconditional.
No evictions were issued to people who outlived their savings, because some residents die before their leases end.
“She’s put all of her savings and her money into this place,” Sadler told KSBW. “I don’t care about the legal consequences. This is morally unthinkable.”
On Wednesday, state lawmakers approved the California Dream Appreciation Shared Loan for All program, which would provide interest-free home loans of up to $150,000 to illegal immigrants to use for down payments and fees.
It now heads to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for final approval.
The program was launched last year and has already provided thousands of first-time homebuyers with loans of up to 20 percent of the purchase price of a home.
The bill, which would offer large loans to immigrants who buy homes in California, now only requires final approval from Gov. Gavin Newsom (pictured)
San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond said the bill was a waste of taxpayer money.
“Once again, California has decided to prioritize illegal immigration and fiscal irresponsibility over the needs of its citizens,” the Republican posted on X.
‘Expanding this program to include illegal immigrants is not just another handout: it is a massive overreach that shifts the financial burden onto law-abiding taxpayers.’
Meanwhile, Golden State residents and others took to social media to call the plan “crazy,” “nonsense” and “evil.”
One critic called for a “taxpayer revolt,” while another said funds should flow to “homeless veterans.”
California is home to nearly 2 million irregular and illegal immigrants, according to estimates by the Pew Research Center
The taxpayer-funded plan is wildly popular in a state where a single-family home costs a staggering $904,000 on average.
The loans are aimed at people who would otherwise be unable to afford property, are interest-free and do not require monthly payments.
Instead, when the mortgage is refinanced or the property is sold again, the borrower returns the original amount of the loan plus 20 percent of the increase in the value of the home.
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