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1		AN ACT concerning housing.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Comprehensive Housing Planning Act is
5		amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
6		(310 ILCS 110/5)
7		Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
8		"Authority" means the Illinois Housing Development
9		Authority.
10		"Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the
11		State Housing Task Force, which shall consist of 13 members of
12		the State Housing Task Force: the Chair, the Vice-Chair, a
13		representative of the Governor's Office, a representative of
14		the Governor's Office of Management and Budget responsible for
15		Bond Cap allocation in the State, the Director of Commerce and
16		Economic Opportunity or his or her designee, the Secretary of
17		Human Services or his or her designee, and 7 housing experts
18		from the State Housing Task Force as designated by the
19		Governor.
20		"Interagency Committee Subcommittee" means the Interagency
21		Committee Subcommittee of the State Housing Task Force, which
22		shall consist of the following members or their senior staff
23		designees: the Executive Director of the Authority; the

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1		Secretaries of Human Services and Transportation; the
2		Directors of the State Departments of Aging, Children and
3		Family Services, Corrections, Commerce and Economic
4		Opportunity, Emergency Management, Financial and Professional
5		Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Rights,
6		Juvenile Justice, Natural Resources, Public Health, and
7		Veterans' Affairs; the Director of the Environmental
8		Protection Agency; a representative of the Governor's Office;
9		and a representative of the Governor's Office of Management and
10		Budget.
11		"State Housing Task Force" or "Task Force" means a task
12		force comprised of the following persons or their designees:
13		the Executive Director of the Authority; a representative of
14		the Governor's Office; a representative of the Lieutenant
15		Governor's Office; and the Interagency Committee the
16		Secretaries of Human Services and Transportation; the
17		Directors of the State Departments of Aging, Children and
18		Family Services, Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Financial
19		and Professional Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services,
20		Human Rights, Natural Resources, Public Health, and Veterans'
21		Affairs; the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency;
22		and a representative of the Governor's Office of Management and
23		Budget. The Governor may also invite and appoint the following
24		to the Task Force: a representative of the Illinois Institute
25		for Rural Affairs of Western Illinois University;
26		representatives of the U. S. Departments of Housing and Urban

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1		Development (HUD) and Agriculture Rural Development; and up to
2		18 housing experts, with proportional representation from
3		urban, suburban, and rural areas throughout the State. The
4		Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the President
5		of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois
6		House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the
7		Illinois Senate may each appoint one representative to the Task
8		Force. The Executive Director of the Authority shall serve as
9		Chair of the Task Force. The Governor shall appoint a housing
10		expert from the non-governmental sector to serve as Vice-Chair.
11		(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
12		(310 ILCS 110/10)
13		Sec. 10. Purpose. In order to maintain the economic health
14		of its communities, the State must have a comprehensive and
15		unified policy for the allocation of resources for affordable
16		housing and supportive services for historically underserved
17		populations throughout the State. Executive Order 2003-18
18		shall be codified into this Act. The purposes of this Act are ,
19		issued September 16, 2003, created the Illinois Housing
20		Initiative through December 31, 2008, which led to the adoption
21		of the first Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan for the State of
22		Illinois. The General Assembly determines that it is now
23		necessary to codify provisions of Executive Order 2003-18 in
24		order to accomplish the following:
25		(1) address the need to make available quality housing

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1		at a variety of price points in communities throughout the
2		State;
3		(2) overcome the shortage of affordable housing, which
4		threatens the viability of many communities and has
5		significant social costs, such as homelessness,
6		concentration of poverty, and unnecessary
7		institutionalization;
8		(3) meet the need for safe, sanitary, and accessible
9		affordable and community-based housing and supportive
10		services for elderly persons and people with disabilities
11		and other populations with special needs;
12		(4) promote a full range of quality housing choices
13		near job opportunities jobs, transit options, and related
14		other amenities;
15		(5) meet the needs of constituencies that have been
16		historically underserved and segregated due to barriers
17		and trends in the existing housing market or insufficient
18		resources;
19		(6) facilitate the preservation of ownership of
20		existing homes and rental housing in communities;
21		(7) create new housing opportunities and, where
22		appropriate, promote mixed-income communities; and
23		(7.5) maximize federal funding opportunities for
24		affordable housing or the services people need to maintain
25		their housing with required State funding, such as, without
26		limitation, for federal Continuum of Care networks and HOME

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1		Investment Partnerships Program project sponsors; and
2		(8) encourage development of State incentives for
3		communities to create a mix of housing to meet the needs of
4		current and future residents.
5		(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
6		(310 ILCS 110/15)
7		Sec. 15. Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
8		(a) During the period from the effective date of this Act
9		through December 31, 2026 June 30, 2016, the State of Illinois
10		shall prepare and be guided by an annual comprehensive housing
11		plan ("Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan") that is consistent
12		with the affirmative fair housing provisions of the Illinois
13		Human Rights Act and specifically addresses the following
14		underserved populations:
15		(1) households earning below 50% of the area median
16		income, with particular emphasis on households earning
17		below 30% of the area median income;
18		(2) low-income senior citizens;
19		(3) low-income persons with any form of disability,
20		including, but not limited to, physical disability,
21		developmental disability, intellectual disability, mental
22		illness, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse
23		disorder, and HIV/AIDS;
24		(4) homeless persons and persons determined to be at
25		risk of homelessness;

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1		(5) low-income and moderate-income persons unable to
2		afford housing that has access to near work opportunities
3		or transportation options; and
4		(6) low-income persons residing in communities with
5		existing affordable housing that is in danger of becoming
6		unaffordable or being lost; .
7		(7) low-income people residing in communities with
8		ongoing community revitalization efforts; and
9		(8) other special needs populations, including people
10		with criminal records and veterans experiencing or at risk
11		of homelessness.
12		(b) The Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan shall include,
13		but need not be limited to, the following:
14		(1) The identification of all funding sources for which
15		the State has administrative control that are available for
16		housing construction, rehabilitation, preservation,
17		operating or rental subsidies, and supportive services.
18		(2) Goals for the number, affordability for different
19		income levels, and types of housing units to be
20		constructed, preserved, or rehabilitated each year for the
21		underserved populations identified in subsection (a) of
22		Section 15, based on available housing resources.
23		(3) Funding recommendations for types of programs for
24		housing construction, preservation, rehabilitation, and
25		supportive services, where necessary, related to the
26		underserved populations identified in subsection (a) of

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1		Section 15, based on the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
2		(4) Specific actions needed to ensure the coordination
3		of State government resources that can be used to build or
4		preserve affordable housing, provide services to accompany
5		the creation of affordable housing, and prevent
6		homelessness.
7		(5) Recommended State actions that promote the
8		construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of
9		affordable housing by private-sector, not-for-profit, and
10		government entities and address those practices that
11		impede such promotion.
12		(6) Specific suggestions for incentives for counties
13		and municipalities to develop and implement local
14		comprehensive housing plans that would encourage a mix of
15		housing to meet the needs of current and future residents.
16		(7) Identification of options that counties,
17		municipalities, and other local jurisdictions, including
18		public housing authorities, can take to construct,
19		rehabilitate, or preserve housing in their own communities
20		for the underserved populations identified in Section 10 of
21		this Act.
22		(c) The Interagency Committee Subcommittee, with staff
23		support and coordination assistance from the Authority, shall
24		develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan. The State
25		Housing Task Force shall provide advice and guidance to the
26		Interagency Committee Subcommittee in developing the Plan. The

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1		Interagency Committee Subcommittee shall deliver the Annual
2		Comprehensive Housing Plan to the Governor and the General
3		Assembly by January 15 1 of each year or the first business day
4		thereafter. The Authority, on behalf of the Interagency
5		Committee Subcommittee, shall prepare an Annual Progress
6		Report an interim report by September 30 and a final report by
7		April 1 of the following year to the Governor and the General
8		Assembly on the progress made toward achieving the projected
9		goals, as defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), of the
10		Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan during the previous calendar
11		year. These reports shall include estimates of revenues,
12		expenditures, obligations, bond allocations, and fund balances
13		for all programs or funds addressed in the Annual Comprehensive
14		Housing Plan.
15		(d) The Authority shall provide staffing to the Interagency
16		Committee and Subcommittee, the Task Force, and the Executive
17		Committee of the Task Force. It shall also provide the staff
18		support needed to help coordinate the implementation of the
19		Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan during the course of the
20		year. The Authority shall be eligible for reimbursement of up
21		to $300,000 per year for such staff support costs from a
22		designated funding source, if available, or from the Illinois
23		Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
24		(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
25		(310 ILCS 110/20)

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1		Sec. 20. State Housing Task Force Executive Committee. The
2		State Housing Task Force Executive Committee shall:
3		(1) (Blank) Oversee and structure the operations of the
4		Task Force.
5		(2) Create necessary subcommittees and appoint
6		subcommittee members and outside experts, with the advice
7		of the Task Force and the Interagency Committee
8		Subcommittee, as the Executive Committee deems necessary.
9		(3) Ensure adequate public input into the Annual
10		Comprehensive Housing Plan.
11		(4) Involve, to the extent possible, appropriate
12		representatives of the federal government, local
13		governments and municipalities, public housing
14		authorities, local continuum-of-care, for-profit, and
15		not-for-profit developers, supportive housing providers,
16		business, labor, lenders, advocates for the underserved
17		populations named in this Act, and fair housing agencies.
18		(5) Have input into the development of the Annual
19		Comprehensive Housing Plan and the Annual Progress Report
20		prepared by the Authority before the Authority submits them
21		to the Task Force.
22		(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
23		(310 ILCS 110/25)
24		Sec. 25. Interagency Committee Subcommittee. The
25		Interagency Committee Subcommittee and its member agencies

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1		shall:
2		(1) Provide interagency coordination and funding
3		efforts to facilitate meeting the purposes of this Act,
4		including the housing needs of priority populations;
5		(2) (1) Be responsible for providing the information
6		needed to develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan as
7		well as the Annual Progress Report interim and final Plan
8		reports.
9		(3) (2) Develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
10		(4) (3) Oversee the implementation of the Plan by
11		coordinating, streamlining, and prioritizing the
12		allocation of available production, rehabilitation,
13		preservation, financial, and service resources.
14		(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
15		(310 ILCS 110/30 rep.)
16		Section 10. The Comprehensive Housing Planning Act is
17		amended by repealing Section 30.
18		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19		becoming law.