November 6, 2007

Chicago's $895 Million Dollar Elephant in the Room

ArchitectureChicago PLUS
Lynn Becker

The mayor has taken a sound development tool - the TIF, or tax increment financing, district, used to jump-start private investment in depressed neighborhoods - and transformed it into a massive slush fund that diverts nearly $400 million each year from schools and basic city services.

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