Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2021-919

• Record #: R2021-919
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 7/21/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Committees and Rules
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Submission of public question by referendum to Chicago voters at November 8, 2022 general election proposing increase of City of Chicago real estate transfer tax for purposes of providing resources for affordable housing and services to combat homelessness
• Sponsors: Hadden, Maria E. , Taylor, Jeanette B. , Martin, Matthew J. , Sigcho-Lopez, Byron, Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana , La Spata, Daniel , Rodriguez, Michael D., Vasquez, Jr., Andre, Osterman, Harry, Burnett, Jr., Walter, Moore, David H., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Austin, Carrie M., Coleman, Stephanie D. , Maldonado, Roberto, Mitts, Emma, Villegas, Gilbert, Taliaferro, Chris, Cappleman, James
• Topic: CITY COUNCIL - Miscellaneous
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
10/21/2022		Committee on Committees and Rules	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
10/18/2022		Committee on Committees and Rules	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
5/23/2022		Committee on Committees and Rules	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
5/9/2022		Committee on Committees and Rules	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
7/21/2021	34177	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly, specifically in 65 ILCS 5/8-3-19, allows home rule municipalities to increase their own Real Estate Transfer Taxes only by means of referendum; and

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is a home rule municipality under Article VII ofthe 1970 Illinois Constitution; and

WHEREAS, the "City Portion" of the City of Chicago current transfer tax rate is three dollars and seventy-five cents ($3.75) for every five hundred dollars ($500.00) of transfer price, or fraction thereof, per transaction; and

WHEREAS, the City seeks to increase the "City Portion" of real estate transfer tax imposed, keeping the current rate at three dollars and seventy-five cents ($3.75) for every five hundred dollars ($500.00) of transfer price, or fraction thereof, for transfers up to one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) in transfer price, and increasing the rate to thirteen dollars and twenty-five cents ($13.25) for every five hundred dollars ($500.00) of transfer price, or fraction thereof, for transfers over one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) in transfer price; and

WHEREAS, the increased revenue shall be dedicated to the Homeless Transfer Tax Fund and is to be dedicated to combating homelessness by providing permanent affordable housing and the services necessary to obtain and maintain permanent housing; and

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago hereby finds it in the best interest ofthe City to impose such an increased real estate transfer tax to address the City's significant problem with homelessness; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO

Section 1. The foregoing recitals are found as fact and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2. In accordance with 65 ILCS 5/8-3-19, the City Council of the City of Chicago hereby initiates and authorizes the following referendum question to be submitted to the voters of the entire City of Chicago at the regularly scheduled municipal general elec...