The latest installment of Cook County property tax bills is online and being mailed out, and you may be one or the 1.3 million homeowners seeing a higher bill.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's Office found property taxes rose more than $900 million due to an increase in local government and school funding across the county. The study shows a raise from $16.7 billion to $17.6 billion in taxes, according to Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, who conducted the study with her team.
The areas with the largest increases were the north and northwest suburbs, with an increase of 15.7%. The increase is the largest its been in 30 years. "When people complain, 'my bill went up, my bill went up,' at my counter, I say to them, 'did you vote?' The vast majority of the time, they say, 'no,' they didn't vote," Pappas said.
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