Applications open for Cook County property tax exemptions

For Cook County residents hoping to lower their property tax bills, applications are open for exemptions.
ABC 7 Chicago

Cook County property tax bill due Friday, treasurer's website now shows who, why your bill changed

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The deadline to pay your Cook County property taxes is Friday, and some homeowners are facing larger-than-expected bills. "It is shocking when you get your new bill and it's like, wow ...
WBEZ

Here are more than a dozen ways Cook County’s property tax system could be more fair

A new study calls for government agencies involved in the Cook County property tax system to better collaborate to help the system become more fair and equitable, as a growing chorus of homeowners ...
WGN-TV

Cook County homeowners to receive $30.5M in property tax refunds: Here’s how to check if you’re getting one

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COOK COUNTY — Thousands of property owners ...
HF Chronicle

Cook County property tax bills mailed on time, due April 1

Cook County officials announced on March 2 that first-installment 2025 property tax bills have all been mailed by the treasurer’s office on schedule.
Chicago Sun-Times

Plans are underway to end Cook County’s property tax sales

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WGN-TV

Cook County Treasurer: $22M in automatic refunds to be divvied among property owners who overpaid 2023 property taxes

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Cook County property owners who overpaid ...
ABC7 San Francisco

'Highballed': Communities of color over-taxed in Chicago area; what's being done to fix the problem

CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...
Yahoo

Editorial: Cook County property tax fiasco is costing school districts and thus taxpayers a fortune

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As she campaigns for a fifth term as Cook County Board president, Toni Preckwinkle is saying the unit of government she directly ...
WBEZ

Contesting Cook County property taxes can feel like a part-time job

Karin Schluecker Korth says her house is too big for her, but she doesn’t want to leave. It holds the memory of her late husband Bruce, who died in 2015; his spirit is in the house, she says. Her ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Here are more than a dozen ways Cook County’s property tax system could be more fair

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