Weekend Watch: TIF funds significantly pushing up property taxes, study shows

Source ABC Local
Original Load Date Oct. 10, 2026, 11 a.m.
Last Updated Oct. 10, 2026, 11 a.m.
Original URL https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/19927394/

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- An obscure financing tool is quietly driving up Chicago-area property taxes, with little accountability. That's according to an analysis by the Illinois Answers Project and Mansueto Institute. This year, Cook County property owners were charged nearly $20 billion in combined taxe...