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Patchwork aid system, uncertain funding leave migrants in limbo

Illinois allocated $160 million to migrant aid in November, more funding is ‘on the table’ By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois

CHICAGO – As Illinois faces sub-zero wind chills, thousands of recently arrived migrants are sleeping in precarious situations throughout Chicago and its suburbs – overcrowded shelters, police stations, former convenience stores, library basements and spare rooms in churches, to name a few. Many of these recent arrivals have come to the state with few possessions and in need of food and shelter, which those cities and the state have scrambled to provide amid a lack of federal coordination. Since migrants began arriving – many bused or flown from Texas and other southern U.S. border states since August 2022 – the state has already allocated more than $500 million to set up emergency services, shelters and other supports. So far, more than 34,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago from Texas alone, though many have since moved onto other states where they’ve been connected with family. In November, Gov. JB Pritzker announced See MIGRANTS on page 2

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Broadview’s First Black Fire Chief Sworn In MICHAEL ROMAIN

Derek Bryant, Broadview’s first Black fire chief, takes the oath of office administered by his old boss, Calumet City Fire Chief Glenn Bachert, during a Broadview village board meeting on Jan. 16.

Derek Bryant comes to the village after retiring as a commander for Calumet City’s fire department By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Dozens of community members, many of them firefighters, packed the boardroom

inside Broadview Village Hall, 2350 S. 25th Ave., on Jan. 16 to witness the swearing-in of the first Black fire chief in the village’s history. Derek Bryant served 22 years as a Calumet City firefighter, retiring as a captain. According to his LinkedIn, Bryant has also served as safety and security director for Lincoln Elementary in Calumet City and Bremen High School District 228 in Midlothian. He was also a Hazel Crest police officer from 2004 to 2021. Calumet City Fire Chief Glenn Bachert, who presented Bryant with a plaque

on behalf of the Calumet City Council thanking him for his years of service and a retirement badge. Chief Bachert said Bryant’s retirement went into effect on the same day as his swearing-in as Broadview’s fire chief. “As with every fire department, there is a proud history and tradition that goes along with it,” Bachert said. “Broadview is no different. Derek was part of the history of Calumet City and now it’s a new chapter in his life as being See FIRE CHIEF on page 4

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open a key piece of the $160 million spending plan announced in November: the intake center designed to welcome migrants, provide immediate triage and help them find a more permanent home. from page 1 It’s going to be located at the same place as Chicago’s “landing zone” facility west of Chianother $160 million would be reappropri- cago’s downtown neighborhood, where bus ated from the Illinois Department of Human companies are instructed to drop migrants. Services’ budget to create more shelter sites The landing zone, where migrants have overseen by the city of Chicago, provide di- slept in heated tents and on Chicago city busrect aid and case management services and es to avoid the cold, was cleared out last week to launch an intake center. and the migrants that were there were taken But even that plan – dubbed by Pritzker as to Chicago’s Harold Washington Library as “welcome, shelter, independence” – has not part of the city’s “severe cold emergency opkept pace with the influx of arrivals to Il- eration plan.” By early last week, the city relinois. Now, as lawmakers return to Spring- ported no migrants at the site and 47 remainfield for their spring legislative session, the ing at the library. question of what to do next hangs heavy in The state has also provided funds directly the halls of the state Capitol, with talks of to local governments to aid migrants seeking new funding so far not yielding any specific legal assistance, health care and shelter. In proposals. September, the governor announced a $42.5 “We know this unprecedentmillion grant program for mued humanitarian crisis is gonicipalities around the state to ing to be critical to discussions fund aid to migrants who are on budget and other important seeking asylum in the U.S. issues this session,” House So far, five municipalities Speaker Emanuel “Chris” have received funding: the city Welch said in a statement last of Chicago with the largest week, one day before announcshare of $30.25 million, along ing a nine-member working with suburban Lake County, group to concentrate on the miElgin, Oak Park and downstate grant issue. Urbana. “We’re going to keep all opEarlier this month, the govertions on the table and have nor announced another $11 milfrank conversations with our lion for cities outside of Chicaucus, the Senate president, cago that are also caring for Governor Pritzker, and other migrants. The money is from stakeholders,” Welch added. EMANUEL “CHRIS” WELCH the $160 million in spending The more than 34,000 miannounced in November. Speaker of the Illinois House of grants who’ve been bused or Oak Park, a suburb just west Representatives flown to Illinois by order of of Chicago, received $400,000 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott reprethrough this program. It’s used sents just a portion of the true that money, alongside $650,000 number of migrants that arin leftover federal American rived in Illinois over that time Rescue Plan Act pandemic reas the country’s southern border faces an in- lief money and $350,000 from Cook County, flux of hundreds of thousands of people each to provide legal assistance and shelter to mimonth. Migrants are fleeing unstable politi- grants. cal regimes and economic chaos in south and But the Oak Park aid program’s funding central American and Carribean nations like runs out on Feb. 29, at which point the future Venezuela, Honduras, Cuba and Haiti. for the roughly 160 migrants in the suburb – Earlier this month, Pritzker sent a letter and any arrivals thereafter – becomes someto Abbott requesting he stop sending buses what unclear. at least while Chicago experienced a deep “The plan is that migrants are working freeze over the weekend and into this week. with their caseworkers to make plans about what comes next,” village spokesperson Dan Yopchick told Capitol News Illinois. State funding so far With a near total lack of coordination at So far, more than half a billion dollars has the federal level, advocates have looked to the been allocated to address the influx of mi- state to fill in some financial and administragrants, according to the governor’s office. tive gaps. The Welcome to Illinois Coalition, a group That includes $115 million in direct funding of nonprofits and advocacy groups, has asked to the city of Chicago. Sometime this month, the state is slated to the state to provide more funding for long-

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Illinois program lets senior citizens defer up to $7,500 per year in property taxes

MARIA PAPPAS

Cook County Treasurer

llinois offers senior citizens a property tax relief program that works like a loan. The Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral program allows qualifying seniors to defer up to $7,500 per year in property taxes. The loan is repaid to the state when the property is sold or upon the death of the participant. March 1 is the last day to apply for the program and seek deferral for 2023 taxes that will be due in 2024. Qualifying participants must be: ■ Homeowners who are age 65 or older by June 1; ■ Applicants with household income of $65,000 or less; ■ People who have owned and occupied the qualifying property for at least the past three years. Surviving spouses of previously approved applicants who are 55 or older within six months of the taxpayer’s death are eligible for the program. Applicants must have fire or casualty insurance for the qualifying

term housing assistance and legal education. They’ve also called for an expansion of the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program, which provides state-subsidized health care to some noncitizen residents who are in Illinois without legal permission – a group separate from many of the migrants, who are here seeking asylum in the country. But the state’s finances for the next fiscal year remain uncertain, and Pritzker has already paused enrollment in the program and expressed doubt about any expansion sought by advocates. The current fiscal year, which ends June 30, is projected to end with a $1.4 billion surplus – roughly 2.8 percent of the overall budget – according to the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget. But next year’s budget is projected to have an $891 million deficit.

Possible action in Springfield On Jan. 16, Welch announced what is likely to turn into a key part of the legislative response to the migrant crisis: a “working group” group of nine House lawmakers – all Democrats – led by Rep. Jennfier Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview. The group is mostly made up of Chicagoarea lawmakers, although it also includes Rep. Dave Vella, D-Rockford, whose hometown saw a plane of migrants arrive with little warning on New Year’s Eve, and Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, who oversees the House’s budget-drafting process.

property and must not owe outstanding property taxes or special assessments. To apply, seniors must submit forms available on the Treasurer’s website at cookcountytreasurer.com. Applications also are available at the Treasurer’s Office in the County Building at 118 N. Clark St., Chicago. Applicants must submit copies, not originals, of required documents that include proof of birth date and proof of home ownership. By law, the state prohibits extensions beyond the March 1 deadline to apply. The state charges 3% interest per year payable upon death of the taxpayer or when ownership of the home transfers to a different owner. Participants may choose to pay off the loan sooner. Additional requirements apply when a home is held in a trust. Visit cookcountytreasurer.com to learn more. The state of Illinois pays the taxes that are deferred by program participants. The 3% interest rate charged

Republicans in Springfield, meanwhile, have called for a stricter state stance toward immigration in general. On Jan. 16, a group of four conservative lawmakers announced they were filing legislation that would repeal portions of the TRUST Act, a 2017 state law that bars local law enforcement agencies from participating in federal immigration enforcement, such as by working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or by detaining people based on their immigration status. “Repealing the TRUST Act is absolutely required to solve the Illinois illegal immigration crisis and it’s the right thing to do for the citizens of this state,” Rep. John Cabello, RMachesney Park, said in a statement. Individuals seeking asylum, like many of the recently arrived migrants, are generally not subject to deportation through Immigrations and Customs Enforcement action. Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Cherry Valley, also on Jan. 16 criticized the management of two state programs that offer Medicaid-style benefits to some non-citizen residents of Illinois. These programs faced sharp criticism from the right in 2023 when they exceeded expected costs by hundreds of millions of dollars and again from the left when the governor’s administration instituted cost-saving measures that limited the number of people able to enroll in benefits. “Our focus as a state should be on taking care of our own citizens, especially the most

for 2023 taxes due in 2024 is half the rate charged in previous years when the state charged 6% interest. Additional changes that recently took effect increased the household income eligibility threshold to $65,000 from $55,000 and the amount able to be deferred to $7,500 from $5,000. Illinois lawmakers approved the changes in 2022. You can also visit cookcountytreasurer.com to download a copy of your tax bill and pay the First Installment of your 2023 taxes that are due March 1. From the homepage, click on the purple box that says Your Property Tax Overview. When you search for your bill using your address or Property Index Number, a picture of your property should appear. The website is a convenient alternative to visiting the Treasurer’s Office in person or paying your tax bill by mail. You may use the website to pay your tax bill electronically, to find out if a refund is available because of previous overpayments or missed exemptions and to discover many other services.

vulnerable, before opening our doors to undocumented individuals from countries all over the world,” Syverson said. The Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults and Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors programs, which Syverson proposed cutting back, are designed for people who don’t have legal permission to be in the country and some others. Asylum seekers generally don’t qualify for those programs but do qualify for some federal benefits. These proposals are unlikely to receive much traction in Springfield, as they are unpopular with Democrats, who hold supermajorities in both legislative chambers and every statewide office.

Possible paths forward For Pritzker, part of the way to help migrants is by providing the opportunity to work. In the fall, Pritzker pushed the Biden administration to expand migrants’ ability to receive temporary protected status, or TPS, to include those coming from Venezuela, allowing them to legally work in the U.S. But days after saying he was “very pleased” with a related change announced by the administration, Pritzker pushed the White House again to remove fees for applying for TPS applications, which can cost hundreds of dollars. “The high cost of applying for TPS is yet

another obstacle for the population we have in Illinois,” Pritzker wrote in an October letter to Biden. The Biden administration has fast-tracked some work authorizations, particularly for people who crossed the border using the CBP One mobile app. But Pritzker’s request to waive fees, alongside his call for the administration to name a single person or office to coordinate migrant relocation, has so far gone unfulfilled. Some advocates, however, said reforming work authorization rules will only go so far. This includes Erendira Rendon, the vice president of immigrant justice with The Resurrection Project, a nonprofit group that receives state funding to provide legal education to recent immigrants as well as a member organization of the Welcome to Illinois Coalition. She said the focus on work authorization leaves out many who don’t qualify. She said that fewer than 5,000 of the migrants in Chicago shelters qualify for work authorization through TPS or other federal programs. “There has never been a system to welcome immigrants,” Rendon said. “That doesn’t exist.” She said the state could better serve many of the migrants by connecting them to existing immigrant communities and to others who lack work permits so that they can learn how to navigate the country they now find themselves in.

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First Black to head department from page 1

MICHAEL ROMAIN

Chief Bryant addresses the public for the first time since being sworn-in last week.

the first African American chief of Broadview,” he said. “As fire chief you will have proud moments and challenges along the way but it’s what you learned in the past, in Calumet city, that will get you through those challenging times. Never forget where you came from.” Bryant succeeds former Broadview police chief Tracy Kenny, the village’s first female fire chief who retired last year. Deputy Fire Chief Matt Martin served as acting chief until Bryant was hired. Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson said Bryant’s appointment was the result of a rigorous vetting process that included the mayor, village administrator, community members, the chair of the Broadview Fire and Police Commission, a former trustee and former chief Kenny. “We went through several rounds of interviews,” Thompson said. “During the last round, I invited the [fire department’s] command staff to be part of the process.”

Thompson said the command staff unanimously chose Bryant to be the next fire chief, in part based on a succession plan that all finalists were asked to create. She said she was “really impressed with the selection that [command staff] made.” Thompson placed Bryant’s hiring in the context of the village’s many firsts. In addition to Kenny being the first female fire chief in the village’s history, the village board also appointed Broadview’s first Black police chief, Thomas Mills, in 2021. Mills is also of Japanese descent. Thompson pointed out her election in 2021 as the village’s first elected Black woman mayor. She also mentioned that the village’s trustee board may be the only all-female board in the state. “We in Broadview believe in breaking glass ceilings,” the mayor said. In his first public remarks after his swearing-in, Chief Bryant thanked his parents for allowing him to become a firefighter when he was only a teenager. “This historic moment humbles me,” he told the crowd. “It’s been my honor to serve for 30 years. I’ve had the honor of wearing two uniforms as a police officer and firefighter. My parents allowed me to join the fire department at 15. They thought I was absolutely nuts but they allowed me to do it.”

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Edwin Walker IV, Maywood Civic Leader And Decorated Veteran, Dies At 91

Walker helped shape the Maywood Chamber of Commerce and Maywood Bataan Day Organization for decades By MICHAEL ROMAIN

Heidelberg, Germany. After his military service, Walker entered the seminary. His time as a clergyman would bring him to Chicago Edwin Walker IV, one of the most decorated in 1978, the Patch reported. According to a Neighbors Magazine profile, military veterans in Maywood’s history who helped shape the village’s civic, cultural and Walker discovered Maywood in 1987, when he business landscape, died on Jan. 6 at 91. His became executive director of The Way Back death was confirmed by officials with the Inn, a transitional living program for people Maywood Chamber of Commerce, where he’d recovering from addiction and mental illness. served as president and CEO for many years. Walker was executive director until 1996. Walker first became president of the MayAccording to a 2011 profile in the Elmhurst Patch, Walker was an officer in the Marine wood Chamber of Commerce in 1989. From Corps, a Fulbright Scholar and an Anglican that point on, he would serve intermittently priest. Walker was in the Marines from 1965 as president, CEO and/or chairman of the to 1968, serving in Korea as an infantry advi- chamber almost until the time of his death. According to an sor and at GuantaIllinois House Resnamo Bay in Cuba olution, Walker during the Cuban helped the chamMissile Crisis in ber secure a Drug1962. Free Workplace Walker told the grant in 1997, was Patch that he made instrumental in 127 jumps as a paramajor chamber chutist throughout bylaw revisions his military serin 2000 and played vice. He also took a deciding role on scuba diving asin publishing the signments. chamber’s annual “When I think community guides about it now, I don’t FILE that were distribknow how I ever Edwin Walker IV speaking at a Bataan Day uted each year to did it,” he told the every household Patch at the time, commemoration in Maywood in 2018. Walker in the village. referencing his died on Jan. 6 at 91. Walker was scuba diving trips. also a longtime Throughout Walker’s military service, he acquired a lita- member of the Maywood Bataan Day Organy of recognitions, including a “Bronze Star nization (MBDO), whose mission is to comMedal, a National Defense Service Medal, a memorate Bataan Day each second Sunday Vietnam Service Medal, an Armed Forces of September. The annual Bataan Day commemoration in Expeditionary Medal, and a Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal,” among other awards, Maywood took place for 75 consecutive years until it was postponed in 2020 due to the panthe Patch reported. “Walker spent the early part of his life in demic. The commemoration is designed to Kentucky before moving to Connecticut to at- honor the memory of the Maywood men who tend The Choate School, one of the nation’s lost their lives in the Bataan Death March, top prep schools, with a full scholarship,” which began on April 6, 1942, when World the Patch added. “Though he was accepted to War II’s Battle of Bataan in the Philippines Princeton, he returned to Kentucky to attend had concluded. The Japanese army forcibly marched over Centre College, where he majored in German and music and minored in philosophy and 60,000 Philippine and American soldiers roughly 70 miles to a transfer point, where English.” After attending college, Walker earned a they were loaded onto trains. An estimated Fulbright Scholarship to study for a year in 500 to 650 American soldiers died during the Editor

march, many having suffered extreme abuse Walker helped organize the annual Bataan Day commemoration for many years. In a statement on the organization’s website, MBDO officials said that Walker “will be most remembered for his behind the scenes work to ensure that the Annual Maywood Bataan Day events on the second Sunday in September each year were held without fail,

and with all the appropriate pomp, circumstance and respect they deserve. “Through his efforts, Maywood Bataan Day became one of the last regularly held memorial services for the heroes of WWII and especially those who fought and died on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.” Walker’s funeral services were held earlier this month.

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Smart Start preschool expansion ahead of schedule in first fiscal year

Pritzker continues tour of state at Rochester Elementary School By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois

An early childhood education program championed by Gov. JB Pritzker is ahead of schedule when it comes to increasing access to preschool in Illinois. The Smart Start program passed last May as part of the state’s operating budget, which allocated $250 million to expand early childhood education programs, including wage support for child care workers, early intervention programs and home visiting programs. It also included a goal of adding 5,000 pre-k spots in areas where access was lacking – and the state has exceeded that number by over 800 seats. “All of these programs were in preschool deserts where parents previously had long waiting lists or no publicly funded preschool choices at all for their kids,” Gov. JB Pritzker said at a Rochester Elementary School news conference just outside of Springfield. It was his second downstate stop in two days to celebrate the program’s growth. This year marks the first of a four-year plan aimed at creating 20,000 total new preschool spots. The Rochester school district received a grant through Smart Start. In 2017, Rochester had only one preschool classroom, with morning and afternoon programs. “As of today, we have six preschool classrooms

which are a combination of half-day programs and full-day programs and can serve 180 students from our community age three to five,” said Jennifer Shaw, the district’s director of special education. “The addition of the Smart Start grant has been enormously beneficial for Rochester’s educational program. We can now offer preschool to at-risk students and those receiving special education services in addition to tuition-based students.” Smart Start is expanding prevention and evidence-based home services with 17 new programs. Another $130 million will be used to keep and increase staff at child care facilities. “But that’s not all,” Pritzker said. “We also invested an additional $40 million into early intervention services allowing thousands of children to overcome developmental challenges and families to maintain access to these critical services all while giving providers a needed 10 percent rate increase.” State Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders highlighted the importance of early childhood education. “Preschool is where children and families form their first relationships with their schools.” Sanders said. “What children learn in these early years are essential for the foundation for them to excel in learning the rest of their academic life. Every child deserves to have this strong foundation in their life.”

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.CARY ROSENTHAL, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MARY R SPIGHT, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARY R SPIGHT, BIANCA PHILLIPS Defendants 22 CH 07827 426 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 17, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 15, 2024, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 426 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-10-311022-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium

unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT

PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 22-10868IL Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 22 CH 07827 TJSC#: 43-2987 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 22 CH 07827 I3234704

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.JEFFERY EATON, VICKY EATON, 1223-25 ELGIN MANOR CONDOMINIUM, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2019 CH 07654 1223 ELGIN AVE UNIT G1 FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 10, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 13, 2024, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1223 ELGIN AVE UNIT G1, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-24-203-0351005, Property Index No. 15-24203-035-1007 The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or

quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court

file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-05532 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019 CH 07654 TJSC#: 44-15 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2019 CH 07654 I3236085

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