Editorial: The chaotic situation involving property taxes, Cook County tax sales and governmental theft

As we have written before, this system feels like something from the 19th century; it has the historical stench of a racist ...

Cook County property ‘tax sale’ system unconstitutional

CHICAGO - Cook County's longstanding system of collecting property tax debts by seizing and selling people's homes, worth ...

Cook County’s property tax sales are unconstitutional, court finds

Federal judge rules the system violates the “takings” clause, but compensation for homeowners in class-action lawsuit remains ...
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Property tax sales threaten the American Dream for local homeowners

UPPER DARBY, Pa. -- Gloria Gaynor, 91, has spent her life building the American Dream. Now, because of just $3,500 in overdue taxes, she is losing it all. Gaynor, who has dementia, is confined to a ...