BPNC v. Berrios
On December 14, 2017, the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and Logan Square Neighborhood Association filed a lawsuit in circuit court alleging that the office of Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios conducts assessments that systematically and illegally shift residential property tax burdens from Whites to Hispanics and African-Americans, and from the rich to the poor. On March 7, 2018, the Homewood-based South Suburban Housing Center (SSHC) joined as a plaintiff. The community organizations are represented by a team of lawyers from Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, and Miner, Barnhill & Galland.
UPDATE: On November 6, 2019, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee and our plaintiffs entered an agreement resolving the lawsuit. Read our full statement here.
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