Chicago voters will consider a ballot measure on Tuesday that progressive Democrats see as a solution to homelessness. The proposal would allow the City Council to increase real estate tax revenue to help fund programs to get people off the street. The ballot measure has prompted arguments about the downtown’s sputtering recovery, the influx of migrants that has strained city services and political coalitions, and the wisdom of entrusting Mayor Brandon Johnson and his fellow progressives with more tax money. One issue not being contested: Homelessness is a problem in Chicago. The group says that the new tax would deal another blow to an office real estate market still mired in a post-pandemic vacancy crisis.

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Persons: Brandon Johnson, ”, Farzin Parang Organizations: City Council, Association of Chicago Locations: Chicago