Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB5223

LRB104 18560 RTM 32003 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5223

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/11-13-30 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a municipality adopts zoning regulations, then the zoning regulations adopted by the municipality must include a minimum of 5 of 14 specified housing strategies, applicable to the majority of the area where residential development is permitted in the municipality. Provides that, if a municipality has adopted one of the specified housing strategies before the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the housing strategy is considered adopted. Provides that, if a municipality adopts a housing strategy that satisfies 2 or more of the specified housing strategies, then only one strategy may be considered to have been adopted for purposes of compliance with the requirements added by the Amendatory Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-13-30 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-13-30 new)

Sec. 11-13-30. Zoning regulations to encourage the development of housing.

(a) If a municipality adopts zoning regulations, then the zoning regulations adopted by the municipality must include in its zoning regulations a minimum of 5 of the following housing strategies and must require those strategies to apply to a majority of the areas where residential development is permitted in the municipality:

(1) The municipality must allow a duplex or other higher density housing, as a permitted use, in locations where a single-unit dwelling is allowed.

(2) The municipality must allow higher density housing near transit stations, places of employment, higher education facilities, and other appropriate population centers, as determined by the municipality.

(3) The municipality must eliminate or reduce off-street parking requirements to require no more than one parking space per dwelling unit.

(4) The municipality must eliminate impact fees for accessory dwelling units or developments that include multiunit dwellings or reduce the fees for accessory dwelling units by at least 25%.

(5) The municipality must allow, as a permitted use, at least one internal or detached accessory dwelling unit on a lot with a single-unit dwelling occupied as a primary residence.

(6) The municipality must allow for single-room occupancy developments.

(7) The municipality must allow, as a permitted use, a triplex or fourplex where a single-unit dwelling is permitted.

(8) The municipality must eliminate minimum lot sizes or reduce the existing minimum lot size required by at least 25%.

(9) The municipality must eliminate aesthetic, material, shape, bulk, size, floor area, and other massing requirements for multiunit dwellings or mixed-use developments or must remove at least half of those requirements.

(10) The municipality must provide for zoning that specifically allows or encourages the development of tiny houses, as defined in Appendix Q of the International Residential Code as it was printed on January 1, 2023.

(11) The municipality must eliminate setback requirements or reduce existing setback requirements by at least 25%.

(12) The municipality must increase building height limits for dwelling units by at least 25%.

(13) The municipality must allow multiunit dwellings or mixed-use development as a permitted use on all lots where office, retail, or commercial uses are primary permitted uses.

(14) The municipality must allow multiunit dwellings as a permitted use on all lots where triplexes or fourplexes are permitted uses.

(b) If a municipality has adopted one of strategies under subsection (a) before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, then the housing strategy is considered adopted under subsection (a).

(c) If a municipality adopts a housing strategy that satisfies 2 or more of the housing strategies under subsection (a), then only one strategy may be considered to have been adopted under subsection (a) for purposes of compliance with this Section.