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.