2019 Civic Consulting Alliance Reports

At the request of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and the Cook County Assessor, the Civic Consulting Alliance and a nationally-recognized expert analyzed, on a pro bono basis, Cook County’s residential real estate assessment processes and outcomes. The evaluation focused on four goals: uniformity, timeliness, compliance, and transparency. This process began in 2018 and continued through 2019.

The following four reports were generated as part of this work.

• Residential Property Assessment in Cook County: Summary of Analytical Findings (February 2018)
• Residential Property Assessment in Cook County: Assessment Transparency (May 2019)
• Cook County Assessor’s Office: Commercial Assessment Market Research (May 2019)
• Cook County Assessor’s Office: 2018 Chicago Triad Assessment, Sales Ratio Study (June 2019)