Public Act 099-0564
 
SB2271 EnrolledLRB099 18546 KTG 42925 b

    AN ACT concerning housing.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Comprehensive Housing Planning Act is
amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
 
    (310 ILCS 110/5)
    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Authority" means the Illinois Housing Development
Authority.
    "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the
State Housing Task Force, which shall consist of 13 members of
the State Housing Task Force: the Chair, the Vice-Chair, a
representative of the Governor's Office, a representative of
the Governor's Office of Management and Budget responsible for
Bond Cap allocation in the State, the Director of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity or his or her designee, the Secretary of
Human Services or his or her designee, and 7 housing experts
from the State Housing Task Force as designated by the
Governor.
    "Interagency Committee Subcommittee" means the Interagency
Committee Subcommittee of the State Housing Task Force, which
shall consist of the following members or their senior staff
designees: the Executive Director of the Authority; the
Secretaries of Human Services and Transportation; the
Directors of the State Departments of Aging, Children and
Family Services, Corrections, Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, Emergency Management, Financial and Professional
Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Rights,
Juvenile Justice, Natural Resources, Public Health, and
Veterans' Affairs; the Director of the Environmental
Protection Agency; a representative of the Governor's Office;
and a representative of the Governor's Office of Management and
Budget.
    "State Housing Task Force" or "Task Force" means a task
force comprised of the following persons or their designees:
the Executive Director of the Authority; a representative of
the Governor's Office; a representative of the Lieutenant
Governor's Office; and the Interagency Committee the
Secretaries of Human Services and Transportation; the
Directors of the State Departments of Aging, Children and
Family Services, Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Financial
and Professional Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services,
Human Rights, Natural Resources, Public Health, and Veterans'
Affairs; the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency;
and a representative of the Governor's Office of Management and
Budget. The Governor may also invite and appoint the following
to the Task Force: a representative of the Illinois Institute
for Rural Affairs of Western Illinois University;
representatives of the U. S. Departments of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and Agriculture Rural Development; and up to
18 housing experts, with proportional representation from
urban, suburban, and rural areas throughout the State. The
Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the President
of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois
House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the
Illinois Senate may each appoint one representative to the Task
Force. The Executive Director of the Authority shall serve as
Chair of the Task Force. The Governor shall appoint a housing
expert from the non-governmental sector to serve as Vice-Chair.
(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
    (310 ILCS 110/10)
    Sec. 10. Purpose. In order to maintain the economic health
of its communities, the State must have a comprehensive and
unified policy for the allocation of resources for affordable
housing and supportive services for historically underserved
populations throughout the State. Executive Order 2003-18
shall be codified into this Act. The purposes of this Act are ,
issued September 16, 2003, created the Illinois Housing
Initiative through December 31, 2008, which led to the adoption
of the first Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan for the State of
Illinois. The General Assembly determines that it is now
necessary to codify provisions of Executive Order 2003-18 in
order to accomplish the following:
        (1) address the need to make available quality housing
    at a variety of price points in communities throughout the
    State;
        (2) overcome the shortage of affordable housing, which
    threatens the viability of many communities and has
    significant social costs, such as homelessness,
    concentration of poverty, and unnecessary
    institutionalization;
        (3) meet the need for safe, sanitary, and accessible
    affordable and community-based housing and supportive
    services for elderly persons and people with disabilities
    and other populations with special needs;
        (4) promote a full range of quality housing choices
    near job opportunities jobs, transit options, and related
    other amenities;
        (5) meet the needs of constituencies that have been
    historically underserved and segregated due to barriers
    and trends in the existing housing market or insufficient
    resources;
        (6) facilitate the preservation of ownership of
    existing homes and rental housing in communities;
        (7) create new housing opportunities and, where
    appropriate, promote mixed-income communities; and
        (7.5) maximize federal funding opportunities for
    affordable housing or the services people need to maintain
    their housing with required State funding, such as, without
    limitation, for federal Continuum of Care networks and HOME
    Investment Partnerships Program project sponsors; and
        (8) encourage development of State incentives for
    communities to create a mix of housing to meet the needs of
    current and future residents.
(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
    (310 ILCS 110/15)
    Sec. 15. Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
    (a) During the period from the effective date of this Act
through December 31, 2026 June 30, 2016, the State of Illinois
shall prepare and be guided by an annual comprehensive housing
plan ("Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan") that is consistent
with the affirmative fair housing provisions of the Illinois
Human Rights Act and specifically addresses the following
underserved populations:
        (1) households earning below 50% of the area median
    income, with particular emphasis on households earning
    below 30% of the area median income;
        (2) low-income senior citizens;
        (3) low-income persons with any form of disability,
    including, but not limited to, physical disability,
    developmental disability, intellectual disability, mental
    illness, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse
    disorder, and HIV/AIDS;
        (4) homeless persons and persons determined to be at
    risk of homelessness;
        (5) low-income and moderate-income persons unable to
    afford housing that has access to near work opportunities
    or transportation options; and
        (6) low-income persons residing in communities with
    existing affordable housing that is in danger of becoming
    unaffordable or being lost; .
        (7) low-income people residing in communities with
    ongoing community revitalization efforts; and
        (8) other special needs populations, including people
    with criminal records and veterans experiencing or at risk
    of homelessness.
    (b) The Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan shall include,
but need not be limited to, the following:
        (1) The identification of all funding sources for which
    the State has administrative control that are available for
    housing construction, rehabilitation, preservation,
    operating or rental subsidies, and supportive services.
        (2) Goals for the number, affordability for different
    income levels, and types of housing units to be
    constructed, preserved, or rehabilitated each year for the
    underserved populations identified in subsection (a) of
    Section 15, based on available housing resources.
        (3) Funding recommendations for types of programs for
    housing construction, preservation, rehabilitation, and
    supportive services, where necessary, related to the
    underserved populations identified in subsection (a) of
    Section 15, based on the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
        (4) Specific actions needed to ensure the coordination
    of State government resources that can be used to build or
    preserve affordable housing, provide services to accompany
    the creation of affordable housing, and prevent
    homelessness.
        (5) Recommended State actions that promote the
    construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of
    affordable housing by private-sector, not-for-profit, and
    government entities and address those practices that
    impede such promotion.
        (6) Specific suggestions for incentives for counties
    and municipalities to develop and implement local
    comprehensive housing plans that would encourage a mix of
    housing to meet the needs of current and future residents.
        (7) Identification of options that counties,
    municipalities, and other local jurisdictions, including
    public housing authorities, can take to construct,
    rehabilitate, or preserve housing in their own communities
    for the underserved populations identified in Section 10 of
    this Act.
    (c) The Interagency Committee Subcommittee, with staff
support and coordination assistance from the Authority, shall
develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan. The State
Housing Task Force shall provide advice and guidance to the
Interagency Committee Subcommittee in developing the Plan. The
Interagency Committee Subcommittee shall deliver the Annual
Comprehensive Housing Plan to the Governor and the General
Assembly by January 15 1 of each year or the first business day
thereafter. The Authority, on behalf of the Interagency
Committee Subcommittee, shall prepare an Annual Progress
Report an interim report by September 30 and a final report by
April 1 of the following year to the Governor and the General
Assembly on the progress made toward achieving the projected
goals, as defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), of the
Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan during the previous calendar
year. These reports shall include estimates of revenues,
expenditures, obligations, bond allocations, and fund balances
for all programs or funds addressed in the Annual Comprehensive
Housing Plan.
    (d) The Authority shall provide staffing to the Interagency
Committee and Subcommittee, the Task Force, and the Executive
Committee of the Task Force. It shall also provide the staff
support needed to help coordinate the implementation of the
Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan during the course of the
year. The Authority shall be eligible for reimbursement of up
to $300,000 per year for such staff support costs from a
designated funding source, if available, or from the Illinois
Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
    (310 ILCS 110/20)
    Sec. 20. State Housing Task Force Executive Committee. The
State Housing Task Force Executive Committee shall:
        (1) (Blank) Oversee and structure the operations of the
    Task Force.
        (2) Create necessary subcommittees and appoint
    subcommittee members and outside experts, with the advice
    of the Task Force and the Interagency Committee
    Subcommittee, as the Executive Committee deems necessary.
        (3) Ensure adequate public input into the Annual
    Comprehensive Housing Plan.
        (4) Involve, to the extent possible, appropriate
    representatives of the federal government, local
    governments and municipalities, public housing
    authorities, local continuum-of-care, for-profit, and
    not-for-profit developers, supportive housing providers,
    business, labor, lenders, advocates for the underserved
    populations named in this Act, and fair housing agencies.
        (5) Have input into the development of the Annual
    Comprehensive Housing Plan and the Annual Progress Report
    prepared by the Authority before the Authority submits them
    to the Task Force.
(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
    (310 ILCS 110/25)
    Sec. 25. Interagency Committee Subcommittee. The
Interagency Committee Subcommittee and its member agencies
shall:
        (1) Provide interagency coordination and funding
    efforts to facilitate meeting the purposes of this Act,
    including the housing needs of priority populations;
        (2) (1) Be responsible for providing the information
    needed to develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan as
    well as the Annual Progress Report interim and final Plan
    reports.
        (3) (2) Develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
        (4) (3) Oversee the implementation of the Plan by
    coordinating, streamlining, and prioritizing the
    allocation of available production, rehabilitation,
    preservation, financial, and service resources.
(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
    (310 ILCS 110/30 rep.)
    Section 10. The Comprehensive Housing Planning Act is
amended by repealing Section 30.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.