Overview
- The Board of Review's reopening covers 2025 assessments, with any reductions reflected on 2026 second‑installment bills, leaving the bills due Dec. 15 unchanged.
- Filing is free online or in person, evidence can be submitted through Dec. 22, and taxpayers who already appealed are not eligible.
- For immediate corrections to current bills, homeowners are being directed to seek certificates of error from the Assessor, which require proof of factual mistakes.
- Board of Review commissioners criticized Assessor Fritz Kaegi and pressed for certificates of error, while Kaegi's office blamed Board cuts to commercial assessments and pointed to his proposed state circuit‑breaker.
- Treasurer data show a 16.7% median increase in Chicago homeowner bills this year, with West Garfield Park up about 133% and big jumps in North Lawndale and Englewood, as the Assessor schedules outreach events on the South and West sides next week.