A lot of homeowners in the south suburbs were in for a big shock last week when they received their property tax bills.
One man FOX 32 spoke with said his bill skyrocketed more than 3,800 percent. Darryl Lloyd's property was assessed at over $1 million and the bill he received was more than $29,000 for the second installment.That meant his taxes for the year were more than $30,000 for his two-bedroom, one-bath, one-story home.Lloyd bought the $115,000 960-square-foot house in Chicago Heights in 2006 and paid it off. He said he would have been paying more for taxes than he did when he paid a mortgage.
He’s already paid the amount owed ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline.Though FOX 32 got him some answers, we learned he isn’t alone. Hundreds of people were in line at one of the assessor's satellite offices and not all homeowners in the south suburbs caught a break. The Cook County Assessor's Office inside Markham Courthouse had a line wrapped around the building.
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