Illinois House Bill 2545

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-18 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeals Act. Permits the following persons to appeal a municipality's denial of a proposed supportive housing project, including a project to develop a permanent supportive housing apartment building or community integrated-living arrangement, for low-income persons with disabilities: (1) the affordable housing developer of the proposed project; (2) a person who would be eligible to apply for residency in the proposed project; and (3) the community group or supportive housing advocacy group advocating for the proposed project. Provides that if a municipality fails to respond to an appeal within 60 days of its receipt, the State Housing Appeals Board (Board) shall automatically reverse the municipality's decision to deny the proposed supportive housing project. Provides that if the municipality timely responds to the appeal, it must demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the proposed supportive housing project would be detrimental to the fair operation and interest of the municipality or would place an unreasonable and disproportionate financial burden on the municipality or on municipal services. Requires the Board to reverse the municipality's decision to deny the proposed supportive housing project if the Board determines that the municipality has not met this burden.

SUPP HOUSING PROJECT APPEALS

Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]

Rep. Lilian Jimenez [D]

Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]

Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-18	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2025-02-10	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2025-02-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2025-02-04	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-04	House	First Reading
2025-02-04	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
310	67	30	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2545&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB2545.htm