The Real Deal

Cook County’s property tax sales are unconstitutional, court finds

A federal judge ruled that Cook County’s system for handling unpaid property taxes violates the Constitution, delivering a major victory for homeowners who lost their properties and accumulated equity ...
ABC7 San Francisco

'Highballed': Communities of color over-taxed in Chicago area; what's being done to fix the problem

CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...
Bisnow

Cook County Is On A Property Tax Reform Mission. CRE Players Say They'll Believe When They See It

Illinois’ current property tax assessment system dates back to the year Apollo 13 launched and the Beatles broke up. Cook County officials say it's finally time for the 55-year-old framework to get an ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County Board to consider $1,000 payments to help homeowners pay property taxes

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Yahoo

Editorial: Again with the late property tax bills, Cook County?

This is a particularly bad year in Chicago for second-installment property tax bills to arrive late. One year after Cook County property tax officials congratulated themselves for getting the second ...
The Real Deal

Cook County property-tax billing blunder casts wide net of distress

What happens when property tax revenue doesn’t come in on time due to computer glitches, but local governmental entities still need to make payroll and keep the lights on? In the case of Chicago ...
Chicago Tribune

Cook County leaders get some but not all property tax relief legislation sought in Springfield

Cook County officials seeking property tax relief for low-income seniors scraped by in the Illinois General Assembly, winning passage of a bill that expands eligibility for senior property tax breaks ...
Chicago Tribune

Report: Cook County should revamp property tax breaks for businesses

Cook County’s system to give property tax breaks to businesses is set to expire in two years, and Board President Toni Preckwinkle is looking to revamp the program that has already shifted billions of ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Black neighborhoods hit hardest with Cook County property tax bill increase, analysis finds

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ABC 7 Chicago

Several homeowners waiting for Cook County to return thousands in overpaid property taxes

LYONS TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WLS) -- It is money homeowners are owed but never received. The I-Team investigated complaints about delayed property tax refunds and disputes ...
CBS News

Chicago homeowners line up outside Cook County Assessor's office after property tax bills skyrocket

Many Chicago homeowners have been suffering from sticker shock, as property tax bills on the South and West sides have skyrocketed. Long lines formed outside the Cook County Assessor's Office on ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Cook County assessor faces angry questions from West Side homeowners over sharp property tax hikes

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Monday night's workshop was one of three being put on by the Cook County Assessor's Office this week in some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by property tax increases. But even with ...