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Chief Counsel Aneel Chablani (left) with Amisha Patel of Grassroots Collaborative (right).
New Lawsuit Takes On Inequitable TIF System in Chicago
For months, we have provided support to community groups concerned with unfairness and inequity in Chicago’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) system.
Our new lawsuit seeks to repeal the City’s illegal and inequitable approval of up to $1.3 billion in public subsidy to the Cortland and Chicago River TIF District.
We are proud to stand with organizational plaintiffs Grassroots Collaborative and Raise Your Hand, and we are grateful for our legal partners at national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
➡ Coverage in the Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ, and CBS Chicago
➡ Read our complaint and learn more on our recent blog post
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