Bill Text: IL SB2271 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Comprehensive Housing Planning Act. Changes the date through which the State is required to prepare and be guided by an annual comprehensive housing plan that is consistent with the affirmative fair housing provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act to December 31, 2026 (rather than June 30, 2016). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0564 [SB2271 Detail]

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2271 Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
310 ILCS 110/15
Amends the Comprehensive Housing Planning Act. Changes the date through which the State is required to prepare and be guided by an annual comprehensive housing plan that is consistent with the affirmative fair housing provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act to December 31, 2026 (rather than June 30, 2016). Effective immediately.
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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 Section 15 as follows:
(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, mental illness, co-occurring
mental illness and substance abuse disorder, and HIV/AIDS;
(4) homeless persons and persons determined to be at

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risk of homelessness;
(5) low-income and moderate-income persons unable to
afford housing near work or transportation; and
(6) low-income persons residing in existing affordable
housing that is in danger of becoming unaffordable or being
lost.
(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 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.

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(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 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
Subcommittee in developing the Plan. The Interagency
Subcommittee shall deliver the Annual Comprehensive Housing
Plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1 of
each year or the first business day thereafter. The Authority,
on behalf of the Interagency Subcommittee, shall prepare 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

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the progress made toward achieving the projected goals 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
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.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.