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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Mayor’s allies lay groundwork for referendum on ‘mansion tax’ to aid city’s unhoused people

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), Mayor Brandon Johnson’s floor leader and Zoning Committee chair, said the mayor is committed to getting his transfer tax plan to aid unhoused people before Chicago voters in a collaborative way. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file)

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to raise the real estate transfer tax on high-end home sales to create a dedicated funding source to combat homelessness only to break that promise, infuriating what was her progressive base.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is not about to make the same mistake.

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