Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios announced that his office, in cooperation with local, township, and county elected officials, will host numerous outreach sessions to help taxpayers that suffered great losses as a result of the serious flooding.

“Many Cook County residents have endured great hardship with the recent flooding,” Assessor Berrios said. “I want to personally assist these taxpayers by helping them file appeals in order to receive assessment relief.”
Aware that many of these taxpayers may require additional help at this time, the Assessor and his staff will host local outreach sessions in the affected communities to discuss assessment relief options. Owners with substantial structural building damage affecting market value are urged to apply for assessment reductions.

“Government needs to do whatever it can to aid residents who have been affected by flooding,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said. “People throughout Cook County have enough on their minds right now, so I’m grateful to Assessor Berrios and the Board of Review for undertaking this vital effort to ensure that people have the extra assistance they need during these trying circumstances.”

The Assessor’s Office plans to announce outreach sessions in the following townships: Leyden, Lyons, Maine, Niles, Norwood Park, Stickney, Proviso, Riverside and parts of Jefferson. The outreaches will occur within the next six months and will be scheduled to correspond with the assessor’s appeal filing period for each particular township impacted. If a particular township’s appeal period has already been completed, the Assessor’s Office will work directly with the Cook County Board of Review to assist taxpayers in filing appeals with that agency.