Emeline Posner, Author at Injustice Watch

Emeline Posner

Emeline Posner is a journalist with the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, covering housing, immigration and policing through an equity lens. Previously they worked as an intern with the Illinois Answers Project and as a freelance reporter covering local news. They are a recent graduate of the master's program at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and live on the South Side.

Housing

Property-tax foreclosure reform gets put off by Illinois legislators

Lawmakers said they again will consider the issue later this year. Meanwhile, Cook County will postpone its 2025 tax sale because of concerns over homeowners who fall behind on property taxes losing their homes and equity.

by Carlos Ballesteros and Emeline Posner June 6, 2025June 12, 2025

Housing

Illinois is the last state to unlawfully strip wealth from homeowners caught in tax foreclosure

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled unconstitutional a decades-old practice of taking every cent of people’s home equity over unpaid property taxes. Experts say Illinois lags behind the nation by continuing the racist policy mostly impacting Black communities.

by Carlos Ballesteros and Emeline Posner May 16, 2025August 15, 2025

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