Cook County Treasurer's Office - 12/9/2017
Chicago Sun-Times
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is distributing a list of residential properties at risk of being sold for delinquent taxes at the May 4, 2018, Tax Sale, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Senior citizens come to the Treasurer’s Office with their tax bill and say, “‘Here are my prescription pills. Here’s my electric bill. Here is my Social Security, this is how much I have for food, and I can’t pay this,’” Pappas said. “It is a human tragedy.”
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