Some extra money could soon be coming to more than 4,000 Chicagoans. The deadline to apply for this cash assistance program from Chicago is approaching fast.
The budget takes effect Jan. 1, 2023, approximately two months before Mayor Lori Lightfoot is set to ask voters for a second term as Chicago mayor, does not include a property tax hike to keep up with the soaring rate of inflation, or any other tax or fee hikes.
A 22,000-square-foot park is the latest installment in the city’s team-up with nonprofits to reimagine “underutilized” spaces, though its planners say it’s a gateway to much more.
One year after the Chicago City Council approved what Lightfoot calls the Chicago Recovery Plan, city officials have spent just $130.5 million of the $1.227 billion earmarked for a host of programs including affordable housing, mental health, violence prevention, youth job programs and help for unhoused Chicagoans, according to data released as part of the mayor’s 2023 budget