https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-facing-lawsuits-over-property-tax-theft/
If you don’t pay your property taxes, Illinois counties will “sell” them. After 3 years, if the same person bought them all, that person can own your property. It doesn’t matter how much they paid vrs how much the house if worth. The Supreme Court has ruled that unconstitutional.
Read the whole story above, here are a few excerpts:
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McLean County continues to “sell”: https://mcleancountyil.gov/458/Tax-Sale
Ugh, Why is Illinois the worst?
California at least has nice weather. New York has easy access to the ocean, mountains, lush forests. Both are cultural powerhouses.
Illinois has violent and dirty Chicago, a bunch of flat fields, and humidity but also snow. It’s literally called the second city because it’s worse than NYC in every possible way, although they may just now have the worse mayor.
It seems remarkable that a state, Illinois, and a county, McLean, would ignore a US Supreme Court decision without consequences. I assume it is largely the working poor that are affected by this – as opposed to the wealthy and connected. Sad and shameful! Such is life in Hellinois.
Democrats are the party if the rich, just look at salaries and pensions of our public servants
Interesting concept “the rich.” Public servants making what they do. Those salaries of $100-$300K sure are nice. Exemplary 30-40 years ago. Now still middle class. Most definitely to be wished for by many of us commoners, but rich? Doing pretty well, yes, but making millions making billions, where do those people line up? Are they rich too? My point is that definition of rich, what it alludes to has changed over the years. It’s just time to somehow separate the middle class that are doing better from the stinkin’ rich, wealthier than sin, multi-million and multi-billionaire elite. Time for some updated terminology that no longer confuses the middle class with the very wealthy.
If that’s middle class a lot of people are dirt poor
There need to be changes to the law or DOJ policy where knowingly breaking this law would subject those people to personal sanctions. If someone in the private sector tells you to break the law, you can be held accountable for complying. That may constitute mitigating circumstances for a plea deal or sentencing, but you are still accountable. Officials in Illinois doing this should be arrested on federal contempt charges.