CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago is launching a new pilot program to help homeowners struggling with unpaid property taxes.
The Property Tax Debt Relief Pilot Program is meant to help homeowners who are at risk of tax sale manage debt arising from unpaid Tax Year 2023 or 2024 property taxes.
Eligible home-owners in Englewood, South Shore, and the Lower West Side could get up to $5,000 in relief.
“As working people contend with ever-rising costs and growing threats of displacement, my administration will stop at nothing to protect Black Chicagoans at risk of losing their homes while keeping long-time residents rooted in the communities they helped build,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “By taking action to recoup funds from companies who skirted the…