Applications open for Cook County property tax exemptions

For Cook County residents hoping to lower their property tax bills, applications are open for exemptions.
WBEZ

Contesting Cook County property taxes can feel like a part-time job

Karin Schluecker Korth says her house is too big for her, but she doesn’t want to leave. It holds the memory of her late husband Bruce, who died in 2015; his spirit is in the house, she says. Her ...
Harvey World Herald

Cook County Commissioner Kisha McCaskill claims tax exemptions on abandoned Dixmoor property

Although she claims homeowner and senior exemptions, McCaskill does not reside in the home, which is a vagrant. The Cook ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Opinion: How to make Cook County’s property tax appeals fairer for all

The Cook County treasurer’s recent report, “A Broken Property Tax Appeals System: How the Assessment Appeals System Disproportionately Shifts the Tax Burden onto Homeowners in Low-Income, Black, and ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Plans are underway to end Cook County’s property tax sales

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Yahoo

Editorial: Cook County property tax fiasco is costing school districts and thus taxpayers a fortune

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As she campaigns for a fifth term as Cook County Board president, Toni Preckwinkle is saying the unit of government she directly ...
WTVD

'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 ...
WBEZ

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

Cook County is considering offering one-time payments of $1,000 to residents who have had the biggest hikes in their property tax bills. The county has budgeted $15 million for the program this year, ...
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

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

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Yahoo

Late Cook County property tax distributions spell trouble for libraries

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Village library leaders have added their voices to the chorus of complaints about delayed and sporadic distributions of Cook ...