A Cook County study finds that this year's increase on property taxes in hitting Hispanic Chicago wards the hardest, and that is not sitting well with the alderman of those wards.
The median tax bill for homeowners increased by eight-percent this year.
, a Chicago neighborhood with a high Hispanic population, where the median tax bill rose 27 percent!She also cited something known as the recapture provision behind the changes this year.In the north and northwestern suburbs, taxes rose by 94 million, and in the south and southwestern suburbs they grew by 35 million. that I have read and agree
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