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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning housing.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Affordable Housing Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 10.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (310 ILCS 65/10.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10.5. Minimum standard of living requirement. All |
| 8 | | housing financed under the Illinois Affordable Housing Program |
| 9 | | must meet a minimum standard of living requirement. In order |
| 10 | | for a program applicant to be eligible to receive funding to |
| 11 | | acquire, construct, rehabilitate, develop, operate, insure, or |
| 12 | | retain affordable single-family or multi-family housing, the |
| 13 | | applicant must demonstrate that each housing unit can provide |
| 14 | | and meet the following quality standards, as applicable: |
| 15 | | (1) Cooling standards: |
| 16 | | (A) Housing must have cooling and dehumidification |
| 17 | | systems capable of being operated
independently from |
| 18 | | the heating system. |
| 19 | | (B) Newly constructed housing must have permanent |
| 20 | | air conditioning. |
| 21 | | (C) All housing cooling and dehumidification |
| 22 | | systems must operate when
the heat index exceeds 80 |
| 23 | | degrees. |
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| 1 | | (2) Heating standards during the heating season, |
| 2 | | October 1 through May 31, unless a unit of government has |
| 3 | | standards that require a higher temperature of heat, for |
| 4 | | all housing: |
| 5 | | (A) Between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., heat must register |
| 6 | | at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit when the outside |
| 7 | | temperature falls below 55 degrees. |
| 8 | | (B) Between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., heat must register |
| 9 | | at least 62 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| 10 | | (C) Housing must not have heat lapse longer than |
| 11 | | 24 hours. |
| 12 | | (D) Any tenant complaint about heating must be |
| 13 | | rectified within 24 hours. |
| 14 | | (3) Windows must open and close with safety
mechanisms |
| 15 | | installed and must be inspected on a regular basis. |
| 16 | | (4) Maintenance and upkeep. |
| 17 | | (A) Housing, occupied primarily by persons 65 |
| 18 | | years of age or older or by persons with a disability, |
| 19 | | must provide laundry machines that are fully |
| 20 | | operational so that senior residents and residents |
| 21 | | with disabilities do not have to travel far for their |
| 22 | | laundry. |
| 23 | | (B) Premises of the single-family or multi-family |
| 24 | | housing must be kept fit for human habitation and must |
| 25 | | be kept reasonably clean and safe and free of trash and |
| 26 | | food waste. |
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| 1 | | (C) Property manager must provide for control of |
| 2 | | insects, rodents, and other pests. |
| 3 | | (D) Property manager or maintenance personnel must |
| 4 | | respond within a reasonable amount of time (1-2 days) |
| 5 | | for tenant requests, including, but not limited to, |
| 6 | | appliances, windows, doors, and painting. |
| 7 | | (5) Property Management. Property management companies |
| 8 | | must adhere to compliance checks and tenant reviews.
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| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 10 | | becoming law.
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