A drilldown on environmental policies and programs in the proposed FY2005 General Fund budget.
The City of Chicago has undergone a gradual but radical transformation in the past two decades. A city of neighborhoods, once characterized by bungalows and two-flats and smaller rental properties affordable to working families, has morphed into a city of high-rise condos and high-cost homes. The “City that Works”—once a stable home to working and middle-class people—is now losing its heart and soul, as more households flee to the suburbs in search of affordable housing, robbing our city of its tax base, its social capital, and its cultural character, and leaving our city with more neighborhoods of concentrated affluence and more neighborhoods of concentrated despair. Most disturbingly, our elected officials are failing to invest significant public resources or political will in solving this problem. If we allow the status quo to proceed, we put the future success of our city at risk; and most working and middle-class families will continue to move away. If we act together, we can build a city for all Chicagoans. This Report examines the crisis conditions of affordable housing and offers a way forward.
A comparison of the FY2005 and FY2006 state budgets.
An overview of the FY2005 state budget for education.
A primer on how Illinois finances long-term care for older adults, produced by the Finance Workgroup of the Illinois Older Adult Services Advisory Committee (OASAC). OASAC was established to analyze the different financing options for reforming the long-term care system for older adults in Illinois. The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability was a member of the OASAC.
CTBA's estimate of the FY2005 General Fund budget deficit.
This Report is CTBA's analysis of the enacted FY2005 General Fund budget.
This Report explains why revenue underperformance, rather than spending, is the source of Illinois' chronic budget deficits.
This Issue Brief provides an overview to Illinois' structural deficit, which is a result of the state's flawed fiscal system. An updated Issue Brief was published by CTBA in 2008.
