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Author Archives: Jennifer Bamberg/Block Club Chicago

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County’s Scavenger Sale under scrutiny from advocates 

by Jennifer Bamberg/Block Club Chicago March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

Nearly 1,000 people gathered at this year’s Scavenger Sale auction, aiming to nab one of the more than 30,000 local properties up for sale. The sale is the first step in a complicated process of trying to take over a tax-delinquent property so it can be restored and returned to the tax rolls. But many […]

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