Getting Hosed When Property Owners Die Chicago Water Billing Keeps

Getting Hosed When Property Owners Die Chicago Water Billing Keeps In chicago when you die, comed shuts off your electricity, and peoples gas shuts off your gas. but the city does not stop your water – and they don't stop your water billing either. cbs 2. In chicago when you die, comed shuts off your electricity, and peoples gas shuts off your gas. but the city does not stop your water. cbs 2 investigator brad edwards reports.

After Owners Die Chicago Water Billing Keeps Going Cbs Chicago That kicks off the latest getting hosed report from cbs 2 investigator brad edwards. Ex chicago resident 'getting hosed' stuck with water bills for his former house "you've got people walking around on fixed income and they can't afford to pay a $500 bill," burns said. When the owner of the house, dora smith, passed away, she owed $107 to the water department. but four years later, no one had turned off the water – and the buckled hardwood floor was. Urgent update: a shocking water bill of $233,439.90 has been issued to an 82 year old woman in chicago, despite her home sitting vacant without plumbing for years.

Getting Hosed City Keeps Billing Property Owners For Water After They When the owner of the house, dora smith, passed away, she owed $107 to the water department. but four years later, no one had turned off the water – and the buckled hardwood floor was. Urgent update: a shocking water bill of $233,439.90 has been issued to an 82 year old woman in chicago, despite her home sitting vacant without plumbing for years. After the meter swap, the water usage for the property went down to zero, according to the carli family. but the city of chicago insisted they still owe the $233,000 bill. Chicago (cbs) for four years, the cbs 2 investigators have been telling you about chicagoans getting hosed by bogus water bills. this next story doesn't involve a huge dollar amount, but it does make you wonder about the botched bureaucracy. In chicago when you die, comed shuts off your electricity, and peoples gas shuts off your gas. but the city does not stop your water. Local investigations, including cbs chicago’s “getting hosed” series, have found multiple residents charged thousands for water they didn’t use.