Property Taxes

The $500,000 means the Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund has met its initial fundraising goal. Eligible homeowners can get up to $3,500 to stop their houses from being sold at a tax auction.

The St. Louis Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund aims to intervene before properties go up for a tax sale, preventing St. Louis residents from losing their homes to foreclosure.

The $28 million increase in the budget is meant to cover some “one-time costs” the county will incur this year, plus wage increases and county projects that were postponed due to the pandemic.

More money will go toward early childhood education and services if St. Louis voters approve a property tax increase in November.This month, the St. Louis…

A group of Illinois House Republicans heavily criticized the lack of work from a statewide task force on property taxes.

In a single phone call on an afternoon in June, Superintendent Kent Sherrow learned that his Iron County C-4 School District would lose nearly a quarter…

If you own a home or business in St. Louis or St. Louis County, you may have received a letter about your property's value going up.Residential property…

The St. Louis assessor’s office on Friday sent out letters to the owners of 235 properties listed on Airbnb, informing them that their property value —…

Two years ago, St. Louis voters approved a property tax that funds assistance programs for older adults.The St. Louis City Senior Fund, which administers…

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner pledged Tuesday to help small business owners by addressing “punishing” high property taxes and “too many” regulations.Calling…