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Illinois Is the Last State Still Unlawfully Stripping Wealth From Homeowners in Tax Foreclosures

Emeline Posner (Investigative Project on Race and Equity), Carlos Ballesteros (Injustice Watch) Chicago Sun-Times

The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a decades-old practice of taking every cent of people’s home equity over unpaid property taxes. Experts say Illinois lags behind other states with a segregation-era law that mostly affects Black communities.