City’s top lawyer got same residency tax break on two homes — one in Chicago, the other in Naperville: records – Chicago Sun-Times

Mark Flessner has a Naperville house and a Chicago condo. Records show he got a tax break on both in 2017 and 2018 as if each was his primary residence, in a possible violation of state law.
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joe blow
6 years ago

no penalties? just paying the back taxes? what a joke!

riverbender
6 years ago

A Chairperson of our local Board of Review did the same thing with his rental property, His punishment when caught…retire at full retirement benefits.
Life is just so tough for the Illinois Democrats and their minions.

Freddy
6 years ago

You can get more than 1 homestead exemption as long as one home is a rental and being a single family home not a duplex. The tenants must sign a paper stating that they are responsible for the property tax’s. The lease must state that X$$’s are for tax’s and X$$’s for rent. The lease must be dated from Jan 1st thru Dec 31st and a copy of the tenants agreement must be given to the assessor early in the year. This is good for the taxing bodies since basically they now have 2 parties responsible for tax’s (basically a… Read more »

riverbender
6 years ago
Reply to  Freddy

Interesting. In my county we are told the tax bills have to be mailed to the tenant who is responsible to pay the bill; not a monthly payment to the landlord.

debtsor
6 years ago

Democrats who think they are above the law.

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