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Residential Truck Parking Permit 

No Application is Needed

Permit is FREE !!!!!

Please provide the following information:

• City Sticker Number
• Vehicle Owner's Name
• Vehicle Owner's Address (9th Ward Address were the pick-up truck will be parked)
• Zip Code
• Vehicle Info:  Make, Model, Year and License Plate Number

For more information, please contact Alderman Beale's office at (773) 785-1100

CVLS

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation

The current foreclosure crisis has hit hard in every community. Legal help is difficult to find and too expensive for most families facing foreclosure.

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services' would like to introduce, free legal services . We believe our services can help the constituents who are in danger of losing their homes and destabalizing the neighborhoods.

CVLS provides free legal representation for those indigent homeowners who are in or facing foreclosure. We are the first and pre-eminent pro bono provider in Chicago, offering totally free civil legal aid on an individual basis. Last year, our 2,500 volunteers helped in excess of 17,000 low income Chicagoans with their legal problems-for free.

CALL US ABOUT YOUR COURT CASE.

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services provides free legal services to those who qualify. Make an appointment to talk to an attorney, and find out wether CVLS can help you.

CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES

100 NORTH LASALLE STREET SUITE 900

CHICAGO, IL. 60602

312-332-1624

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR 

CITY OF CHICAGO

PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM

Because of our Alderman's hard work to pass this legislation, many of our residents who have been hardest hit by the current economic downturn will receive critical reductions in their property tax bills.

The program will provide relief of between $25 and $200 to City homeowners most affected by increases to their 2008 property tax bill for their primary residence. This program addresses the phase-out of the state law that  put a seven percent cap on the annual increase in the taxable value of home property, as well as the drop of this year's exemption under that law from $26,000 to $20,000.

The amount of tax relief the residents in our ward might receive is based on a combination of income level and the amount of their property increase. For example, the lower one's income and the higher one's property tax increase, the more relief a resident will be eligible for. Applications , instructions and helpful tools to guide you as a resident through the application process is included on a additional form.

We are currently experiencing the worst economic global recession since the Great Depression 70 years ago. in the face of great hardship, we need to do everything we can to address the challenges of our citizens. The Property tax Relief Program will provide welcome assitance during these tough times.