The Cook County Treasurer’s Office is facing a class action lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against Black and Latino homeowners in the way it acquires and disposes of properties whose owners are delinquent on taxes.
Michael Bell and Michelle Kidd are the named plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Dec. 15 in federal court in Chicago. They are joined in the action by the Southwest Organizing Project and Palenque LSNA, formerly the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, both nonprofit organizations.