Luxury Home or Vacant Lot? Cook County Assessor Misclassifies Hundreds of Properties, Missing $444M in One Year Alone
This story is a collaboration between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune. Denise Gilmore feels like she’s being taxed out of Humboldt Park. She and her husband, Willie, have lived on Pierce Avenue since 2010, but in 14 years their property tax bill has ballooned more than 60% to $3,319 even though they