FILE - The Chicago skyline is reflected in the water of the thawed snow as a cyclist passes by at North Avenue Beach on March 1, 2021, in Chicago. According to a study, a nearly 80-year-old law intended to put distressed and tax-delinquent Chicago-area properties back to productive use has done little to improve or solve racial inequities in the city’s Black and Latino neighborhoods. A report released Tuesday, July 19, 2022, by the Cook County treasurer’s office proposes scrapping or modifying Illinois’ Scavenger Sale law in favor of tax-cutting and other programs that may allow homeowners of color to accumulate generational wealth. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, File)