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Bring Chicago Home

Bring Chicago Home

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Oct 9, 2026

Annabelle MendozaGUEST
26:09
And one of the things that...
Annabelle MendozaGUEST
26:12
We saw was there was a real estate tax called Bring Chicago Home, and that tax would have actually made an effort to essentially anybody who was buying a home over a million dollars would face a slight tax increment.
Annabelle MendozaGUEST
26:30
increase, whereas those who were buying a home that was valued under a million dollars, which is the vast majority of us here in Chicago, I certainly can't afford a home that's a million dollars, you would have a lower tax increment there.
Annabelle MendozaGUEST
26:44
But what happened with that tax proposal? Well, we saw the real estate lobby get involved.
Annabelle MendozaGUEST
27:01
You would not think twice.
Annabelle MendozaGUEST
27:03
I want Chicago to be affordable, but there's a deliberate effort to take these real estate lobbyist groups agenda, slap a label on it that people would not bat an eye at.
Annabelle MendozaGUEST
27:16
And ultimately that PAC was able to defeat the bring Chicago home real estate tax.
Annabelle MendozaGUEST
27:22
They defeated that tax from moving forward.

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