New WBEZ investigation reveals many Chicago homeowners are drowning in water debt
Tens of thousands of Chicago homeowners are in more than $421 million in water debt, according to a new WBEZ investigation.
By Stephanie Kim
New WBEZ investigation reveals many Chicago homeowners are drowning in water debt
Tens of thousands of Chicago homeowners are in more than $421 million in water debt, according to a new WBEZ investigation.
By Stephanie Kim
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For years, Chicago leaders used the city’s water supply as a revenue stream. Now, tens of thousands of homeowners are drowning in debt.
Reset checks in with a WBEZ reporter and a Chicago homeowner who successfully fought for most of her water debt to be forgiven.
GUESTS: María Inés Zamudio, WBEZ race, class and communities reporter
Sylvia Taylor, Chicago homeowner