Lawmakers sign off on Cook County senior property tax relief

Cook County leaders secured a win in Springfield with a bill expanding tax relief for low-income seniors, raising the limit ...
CBS News

Cook County senior's property tax refund is held up, and he's far from alone

A Cook County senior is upset because his property tax refund is delayed, and it turns out what he thought was a small problem is actually a big mess affecting 25,000 taxpayers. A few years ago, Tom ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Our Homes Matter phone bank connects homeowners to thousands of unclaimed dollars

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than $100 million is waiting to be claimed by Cook County homeowners as ABC7 partners with the Cook County Treasurer's Office for the Our Homes Matter phone bank. The eighth ...

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

Illinois lawmakers passed legislation expanding eligibility for senior property tax breaks and moving the due date back one month for spring Cook County property tax bills.
ABC 7 Chicago

Phone bank helps connect Cook County homeowners with $2.5M in property tax refunds, exemptions

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7's Our Homes Matter Phone Bank connected Cook County homeowners with unclaimed money, just in time for the holiday season. At last count, Wednesday's phone bank had received over ...

Cook County leaders want property tax relief for more seniors, but south suburban mayors group resists

As election season kicks off in earnest and the Springfield veto session hurtles to its conclusion, Cook County Board ...
The Daily Northwestern

Cook County to offer cash relief to homeowners amid long-term property tax reforms

Cook County will soon distribute $1,000 payments to some homeowners who saw a significant spike in property taxes in the past years, the county announced in April. The Homeowner Relief Fund — a $15 ...
CBS News

Nearly $2 billion in Cook County property taxes shifted from businesses to low-income homeowners, study finds

A study from the Cook County Treasurer's Office found nearly $2 billion in property taxes shifted from county businesses to the lowest income homeowners over just three years. The study found property ...

Harvey 2023 collection rate means $24.15 million in unpaid taxes, Cook County treasurer’s report finds

A year after the bills were sent out, Harvey’s 2023 property tax collection rates are the third lowest in Cook County, a study of collections by the Cook County treasurer’s office has found. The study ...
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Cook County officials warn property tax reform could hurt homeowners

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are clashing over a Cook County property tax relief plan that restricts the types of evidence the Cook County Board of Review can consider and requires online ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Here are more than a dozen ways Cook County’s property tax system could be more fair

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'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 ...