Housing commissioner says budget shortfall will make it tougher to solve affordable housing crisis – Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot still plans to ask the Illinois General Assembly to empower Chicago to raise its real estate transfer tax but wants to use the projected $120 million a year in new revenue to close a $1 billion-plus budget shortfall.
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NB-Chicago
4 years ago

Yup,,who would have yhunk,,,,No $ for all the sjw /progressive/ sociallist utopia campain talk after you got to pay up for all the pensioners and six figure city workers(currently 40% of city workers)

debtsor
4 years ago
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This is chicago, where there is a will, there’s a way

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