(310 ILCS 126/10)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2025)

Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Authority" means the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

"Disproportionately impacted area" means a census tract or comparable geographic area that meets at least one of the following criteria, as determined by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

(1) the area has a poverty rate of at least 20% according to the latest federal decennial census;

(2) 75% or more of the children in the area participate in the federal free lunch program according to reported statistics from the State Board of Education;

(3) at least 20% of the households in the area receive assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; or

(4) the area has an average unemployment rate, as determined by the Department of Employment Security, that is more than 120% of the national unemployment average, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, for a period of at least 2 consecutive calendar years preceding the date of the application.

"Federal tax credit" means the federal low-income housing tax credit provided by Section 42 of the federal Internal Revenue Code, including federal low-income housing tax credits issued pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 42(h)(3) and 26 U.S.C. 42(h)(4).

"Qualified development" means a qualified low-income housing project, as that term is defined in Section 42 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that is located in the State and is determined to be eligible for the federal tax credit set forth in Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(Source: P.A. 102-175, eff. 7-29-21.)