The ABC7 I-Team team has been looking into extraordinary increases in property tax assessments in southern Cook County, leaving home owners panicked that they won't be able to afford to stay in their houses.
Some south suburban homeowners in Cook County reported their property tax assessments increased, with a jump of almost 650% at a Lyons Township home.The ABC7 I-Team team has been looking into extraordinary increases in property tax assessments, leaving home owners panicked that they won't be able to afford to stay in their houses.
"We're going to be out-taxed from all of our homes," said Jami Flaws, a homeowner who contacted the I-Team.Flaws and her husband live in south suburban Lyons Township. Many of their neighbors fear the end of their close-knit neighborhood, anxious that they may have to move because of property tax assessment spikes. Some are facing increases of nearly 650%.
After losing their first appeal, the Flaws hired an independent appraiser, who found the market value of their home to be half as much what the Cook County Assessor's office declared. It was $450,000 compared to the assessor's $878,000."I will probably move," Lyons Township homeowner Tom Ahern said. After questioning Kaegi's office, the I-Team was told mistakes were made and many of the Rich Township homes would be re-assessed. The office said "...the land rate was too high for these homes and should be reduced."
Those appeals were unsuccessful, so Hynes is trying again, this time with the help of the Cook County Board of Review who gathered residents' signed paperwork.
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