Real estate interests sued to stop cornerstone homelessness initiative pushed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Backers of the “Bring Chicago Home” referendum chant objecting to the outcome of a hearing at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago, Feb. 23, 2024. to tackle homelessness through a referendum question on the March 19 ballot was invalidated by a Cook County judge on Friday as she sided with business and real estate interests who oppose the measure.
Coalition members said they would push ahead with their campaign and continue to encourage Chicagoans to vote “yes” in the hopes that a successful appeal would mean those ballots would be counted. Their campaign was formally launched in 2018 by those experiencing homelessness and advocacy organizations, but it was supercharged when Johnson took office and made it a priority for the start of his term.
“This referendum would be a backdoor property tax on all Chicagoans, and it is important that our elected officials not mislead voters otherwise,” Parang said.Business groups sue to halt ballot question on raising real estate taxes to pay for homeless services Election attorney Ed Mullen, who represents a group supporting the referendum, said Burke “didn’t spend much time explaining the basis for the reasoning” and added that people should still vote for the referendum question as long as it remains on the ballot.
Early voting and voting by mail in Chicago, meanwhile, will continue “until the Board is directed otherwise. The Board awaits future direction from the Circuit Court of Cook County on this matter.” The campaigns both for and against the referendum have continued uninterrupted while the court case was ongoing, with millions of dollars being raised collectively by both sides and money flowing in from outside groups.
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