How Chicago's water became unaffordable for thousands
For years, Chicago leaders turned to the city’s water supply as a way to raise revenue. Now tens of thousands of Chicago homeowners — most in majority-Black ZIP codes — are collectively $421 million in debt for a resource they can’t live without.
Over the past decade, the cost of water in Chicago has tripled, causing over 150,000 water shutoffs since 2007, mostly in low-income, mostly black and mostly Latino neighborhoods.
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