Soaring property taxes add to obstacles facing many Black homeowners

As Black Homeowners Reel from Property Tax Shock, Casinos and Lottery See Revenue Surge

As African American homeowners in Chicago’s South and West Side neighborhoods opened property tax bills in November showing increases as high as 133 percent, Illinois casinos and the state lottery reported a surge in revenue—a troubling convergence that reveals how government revenue needs are being met on both ends by the same vulnerable Black communities. […]

Soaring property taxes add to obstacles facing many Black homeowners

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