Announcements
Apply for 2024 Property Tax Exemptions Online
Cook County exemption applications for the 2024 tax year are now available online. Existing Homeowner Exemptions, Senior Exemptions, and Persons with Disabilities Exemptions are automatically renewed on an annual basis and no action is needed. However, some exemptions like the Senior Freeze Exemption and the Veterans with Disabilities Exemption require annual filings. Application booklets will be sent to taxpayers in the mail, but online applications are encouraged.
New homeowners, first-time applicants, or homeowners that need to reapply can now do so online at www.cookcountyassessor.com/exemptions. The deadline to apply is Monday, April 21, 2025. Exemptions are reflected on the second installment property tax bill.
Pedestrian Safety Improvements on Sheridan Road
Written By 48th Ward Development
Sheridan Road is one of the densely populated streets in Chicago, and home to a number of vulnerable populations including older adults. Pedestrian safety on Sheridan Road is a top priority of our office, and we are collaborating with neighbors, community leaders, and CDOT on a number of initiatives to slow down cars, create pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, and organize our streets to improve safety for all users. Click here for all the details.
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Position Statement
Legislative Update
Selected 2024 Legislation Affecting Condominium and
Common Interest/Homeowners Associations Effective January 1, 2025
by
Michael C. Kim
ASCO General Counsel
[NEW] Section 18.12 of Condo Act requires that the board of directors adopt a policy to reasonably accommodate a unit owner who is a person with a disability who requires accessible parking. The board must review and decide upon the unit owner’s request within 45 days. The policy must be adopted by April 1, 2025. This policy must be adopted whether parking spaces are general common elements, limited common elements or parking space units (with individual PIN and percentage of ownership interest), and the board must make “reasonable efforts” to facilitate a resolution between unit owners, even if the association itself does not own or control accessible parking spaces.
COMMENT: A number of associations are already working on such policies even during 2024.
Section 22.2 of the Condo Act has been amended to expressly allow a person who is aggrieved by a violation (namely, the exercise of a right of first refusal, option to purchase or right to disapprove a sale on the basis of the purchaser’s using financing guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)), to bring a lawsuit against the association in the state circuit court.
COMMENT: Not sure that there are significant abuses in such situations, but time will tell.
Corporate Transparency Act, which requires condominium, common interest or cooperative associations organized as corporations to register and report as to the members of the board of directors by January 1 , 2025 has been temporarily blocked by a nationwide preliminary injunction issued by a U.S. District Court in Texas. This action is not a final resolution or determination, so the ultimate outcome remains to be seen.
COMMENT: Stay tuned to see if a legislative resolution by Congress may come into play.
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