The group is assisting in the effort to amend the property tax enforcement system in Illinois ... to minimize vacant and abandoned homes in communities. In Peoria, the legislation would ...

Peoria City Council has approved a $475,000 grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority to fund the demolition of ...

Hundreds of houses were demolished in Southtown, an area just west of Downtown that now includes the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Residents originally living there ...

(WAND) — You likely see vacant and abandoned property in your community, and Illinois state lawmakers know those buildings lead to higher property taxes for neighbors. A House Democrat from ...

In 2023, the city spent $943,000 to demolish both McKinley School and Harrison School, both abandoned and crumbling pieces of real estate that were long a source of ire for South Peoria residents.