Class action demands IL counties pay back people whose homes were seized over unpaid property taxes – Cook County Record

Saying Illinois' property tax collectors are continuing an unconstitutional system in direct defiance of a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, a group of Illinois homeowners have filed suit against some of Illinois' most populous counties, seeking to end those counties' property tax buying regime, and secure refunds for people who were stripped of hundreds of thousands of dollars in equity when their homes were seized under Illinois law over unpaid property taxes. Defendants named in the lawsuit include the county clerks and treasurers from DuPage, Kane, Lake, Will, Winnebago, Boone, Carroll and Peoria counties.