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Tag: homeownership

Posted inHousing

Neighborhoods Gentrifying Fastest See Property Tax Skyrocket

by Hugo Balta December 11, 2022December 11, 2022

CHICAGO | Property taxes are up in Cook County; on average, homeowners saw an increase of 8 percent this year. According to an analysis from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office, taxes levied on real estate rose by 3.8 percent, to $16.7 billion, in 2021. The total amount billed countywide increased by $614 million over the previous […]

Posted inOur Voices

Community partners pave home ownership path

by Valli Perera January 7, 2022January 7, 2022
Posted inPerspectives

Land loss has plagued black America since emancipation – is it time to look again at ‘black commons’ and collective ownership?

by Julian Agyeman and Kofi Boone June 18, 2020June 18, 2020
Posted inHousing

What you need to know about Pilsen’s proposed historic landmark district

by Jacqueline Serrato July 18, 2019July 19, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

How the richest Americans benefited the most from the US economy’s longest ever expansion – in 3 charts

by Steven Pressman July 3, 2019July 3, 2019
Posted inRace and Culture

The plunder of black wealth in Chicago, captured in film

by Bob Chiarito June 5, 2019July 1, 2019
Posted inEconomic Development, Employment and Labor, Perspectives

Fifty years later, what the Kerner report tells us about race in Chicago today

by William Scarborough, Kasey Henricks and Amanda E. Lewis February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

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