Many Americans already believe the H-1B visa program was built to replace them at work. Now we’re finding out it is helping foreign workers buy homes too, with our tax dollars.
In Oregon, there’s a taxpayer-funded initiative called the Down Payment Assistance Program, which hands out as much as $60,000 or 20 percent of a home’s sale price to qualifying buyers. It was pitched as “equity in housing,” but the fine print reveals that even foreign nationals on temporary work visas can tap into it. Yes, you read that right. People just passing through on a work visa can get a US taxpayer handout to buy up one of our homes and then turn it into a money-making Airbnb.
How is this real?
So, that means Americans who can’t afford a starter home are footing the bill so imported tech labor can snag one. Reports suggest that at least some of these taxpayer-subsidized properties that are used as short-term rentals could be violating federal visa restrictions.
Not only are Oregon’s taxpayers forced to pay $1.5B for the healthcare of non-citizens, we also pay for the down payments for non-citizens to purchase property in Oregon.
The Down Payment Assistance Program offers up to $60K or 20% of the sale price of property to help non-citizens own real estate in Oregon.
For some context on how crazy stupid this is, try this in Europe. Europe is essentially socialist across the board but if you want to buy property in Europe and you are not a citizen of that country, good luck.
Governments that actually give a fuck about their citizens don’t allow foreigners to purchase property. Much less, make their citizens pay for it.
So apparently there is a taxpayer funded program in Oregon that helps foreigners on work visas buy homes
insane on its own
But as @juicystar1908 has discovered, many of these are then rented out on airbnb in violation of the INA https://t.co/L5ne9ugawc
— Stephen “The Yellow Dart” Schutt (@schuttsm) October 20, 2025
(…) This program should never exist for non-citizens. Period. Taxpayer-funded home loans were meant to help Americans build stability and put down roots, not to bankroll foreign nationals looking for investment properties.
Oregon’s lawmakers have managed to create the perfect symbol of America’s decline… citizens funding their own displacement. (Read more: Revolver News, 10/22/2025) (Archive)