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Tiers for people who live outside of Chicago are solely based on median income of their current census tract no other demographics are considered. While it’s not a perfect system, this seems as fair as anything given that the level of analysis that’s put into determining Chicago Tiers cannot be done for every tract in the US. I worked directly with a person who handles out of state applicants. She told us our Tier directly. I’ve never found a specific formula published anywhere.
Thank you CPSDad for your support. We are moving to Chicago this summer and if these policies had not been in place we would have been stuck with a neighborhood program or paying for a private school.
I can understand the original poster’s frustration with someone gaming the system especially if they only buy the condo and they don’t actually live in Chicago (meaning they aren’t actual residents and they are committing fraud). But removing the ability for people to apply who don’t live in the city at the time of application is not the way to address the problem.
