Cook County liable for property tax sale violations, judge rules

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date May 12, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Last Updated May 12, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/money/2026/05/12/cook-county-property-tax-sale-violations-pappas

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A federal judge ruled Monday that Cook County is liable to pay back potentially millions of dollars to people who lost their homes in the county’s annual property tax sales, three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the system unconstitutional. Since 2020, nearly 2,500 homeowners not only lost...