TIF 101

Preserve Public Services, Sunset Chicago’s TIFs

September 19 | Posted by Tom Tresser | Tax Scams, TIF 101, TIF Abuse, TIF News

The annual reports f0r Chicago Tax increment Finance Districts are out.In order to find out how much they cost the taxpayers, one would have download all the PDF reports, open them up one by one and drop numbers into a spreadsheet. That’s what our intrepid volunteer researcher, Trevor Clarke did. The results are outrageous. There are 164 TIF districts in the city of... Read more

Coke Gets TIF, Austin Residents Get Stiffed

July 19 | Posted by Tom Tresser | TIF 101, TIF Abuse, TIF News

According to an excellent article in Austin... Read more

Tell City What You Think About TIFs

June 28 | Posted by Tom Tresser | TIF 101, TIF News, TIF Reform

Tell the Chicago TIF Task Force what you... Read more

Tom to Teach “Intro to Community Organizing” @ Learnapalooza

June 15 | Posted by Tom Tresser | TIF 101, Training

Learnapalooza is a free learning extravaganza... Read more

TIF News

Preserve Public Services, Sunset Chicago’s TIFs

September 19 | Posted by Tom Tresser

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Coke Gets TIF, Austin Residents Get Stiffed

July 19 | Posted by Tom Tresser

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Coke Gets TIF, Austin Residents Get Stiffed

July 19 | Posted by Tom Tresser

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