Willie Wilson: Increasing the real estate transfer tax is bad for businesses and Chicago residents – Chicago Tribune*

"Our elected leaders have not even put forward a plan of how they would spend the $100 million in anticipated annual revenue from the tax to address the vague term 'homelessness.'...Sounds all too familiar: Trust politicians with a $100 million slush fund to address the unhoused...However, the city has spent only 15% of the $52 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to help people experiencing homelessness."