The city of Evanston, Illinois will be the first in the U.S. to offer reparations to black residents.
This week, the city council approved a plan to pay qualifying households $25,000 towards home repairs or a down payment on a property.
The payments will go to residents - or their direct descendants - who faced housing discrimination in the city between 1919 and 1969.
The city plans to pay out over $10 million over the next ten years under the program, which will funded by a combination of donations and a 3%tax on sales of recreational marijuana.