SB3671 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3671

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Doris Turner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act
310 ILCS 65/5	from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1255

Creates the Residential Rental Property Registry Act and amends the Illinois Affordable Housing Act. Requires the State to establish the Residential Rental Registry to be maintained and monitored by the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Requires that each landlord of one or more dwelling units, including condominium and cooperative units, must register each dwelling unit by January 1 of each year with the Residential Rental Registry. Prohibits a person from allowing to be occupied or rented or charge, accept, or retain rent for any dwelling unit unless the landlord has registered the dwelling unit with the Residential Rental Registry. Provides that a landlord who has not paid the rental registry fee within the past 12 months for a particular dwelling unit may not increase the rent charged for the dwelling unit until the landlord pays, in full, the rental registry fee currently due for the dwelling unit. Requires all landlords of residential dwelling units to pay an annual registration fee in the amount of $100 per dwelling unit, excluding a local housing authority and an owner-occupied building of 6 or fewer units that pays a fee of $50 per dwelling unit. Authorizes the Illinois Housing Development Authority to administer the Act and adopt appropriate rules to implement the Act. Creates penalties for a landlord that provides false or misleading information to the Authority. Provides that registration fees and fines collected under the Residential Rental Property Act shall be deposited into the Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund for the purpose of providing rental assistance.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning housing.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Residential Rental Property Registry Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Dwelling unit" means a room, a suite of rooms, or other residential real estate used for human habitation as the primary residence of the occupant.

"Landlord" means the owner of a dwelling unit.

Section 10. Establishment of the Residential Rental Registry.

(a) The State shall establish the Residential Rental Registry to be maintained and monitored by the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

(b) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall prepare and make available an Internet registration web form for a landlord to complete that collects information that the Illinois Housing Development Authority deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of this Act, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) The street address and property index number of the building within which any dwelling unit is located;

(2) The number of dwelling units in the building, the number of floors in the building, the floor number and unit number or letter designation for each dwelling unit that is or may be available for rent at any time, and the number of bedrooms in each dwelling unit;

(3) The rental rate charged at the time of registration for each dwelling unit;

(4) The name, street address, email, and telephone number of the landlord;

(5) If the landlord is a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, or other entity, the name, title, street address, telephone number, associated website address, and the email address of a responsible individual partner, member, or officer.

(6) The name, street address, email, associated website address, and telephone number of the property manager, if different from the landlord; and

(7) The name, street address, telephone number, and the email address of the person or entity a tenant is to contact when requesting repairs and maintenance be made to the dwelling unit, and the contact person's business relationship to the owner.

(c) For purposes of this Section, a post office box or commercial mail receiving service is not accepted as the landlord's or property manager's address. The building and dwelling unit being registered is not accepted as the landlord's address, unless it is the principal place of business or residence of the landlord.

(d) Failure to provide the required information or to pay the registration fee is grounds for Illinois Housing Development Authority to disallow registration.

Section 15. Registration.

(a) Each landlord of one or more dwelling units in the State, including condominium and cooperative units, shall register each dwelling unit by January 1 of each year with the Residential Rental Registry. Registration of a condominium or cooperative unit is required only for the individual dwelling unit being rented or offered for rent and not for the entire building or development.

(b) Within 15 days after a change in ownership of a dwelling unit, the new landlord shall notify the Illinois Housing Development Authority of the change.

(c) A landlord may not allow a dwelling unit to be occupied or charge, accept, or retain rent unless the landlord has registered the dwelling unit with the Residential Rental Registry.

(d) A landlord who has not paid the rental registry fee within the past 12 months for a particular dwelling unit may not increase the rent charged for the dwelling unit until the landlord pays, in full, the rental registry fee currently due for the dwelling unit.

Section 20. Registration fees.

(a) All landlords of dwelling units shall pay an annual registration fee in the amount of $100 per dwelling unit with the following exceptions:

(1) A local housing authority is exempt from paying a registration fee for a dwelling unit it owns.

(2) An owner-occupied building of 6 or fewer units is required to pay an annual registration fee of $50 per dwelling unit.

(b) Registration fees and fines collected under this Act shall be deposited into the Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund for the purpose of providing rental assistance.

Section 25. Penalties. Any person who provides false or misleading information to the Illinois Housing Development Authority is prohibited from filing an eviction action or other action under the Code of Civil Procedure seeking possession of any dwelling unit within the building for which the false or misleading information was provided and be fined $150 per dwelling unit. Each day that a violation exists constitutes a separate and distinct offense.

Section 30. Administration and rulemaking.

(a) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall administer this Act and adopt rules for the effective administration of this Act within 90 days of the effective date of this Act.

(b) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall consult and cooperate with other relevant State departments and agencies in the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this Act.

(c) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall establish and maintain the rental registry on a user-friendly, publicly accessible, searchable website, and include, in addition to the registration forms submitted by an owner, records of registration violations. This website shall maintain public access to these records for 10 years.

(d) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall enforce any provision of this Act by seeking an injunction or any other relief in a court proceeding.

Section 900. The Illinois Affordable Housing Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(310 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1255)

Sec. 5. Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

(a) There is hereby created the Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund, hereafter referred to in this Act as the "Trust Fund" to be held as a separate fund within the State Treasury and to be administered by the Program Administrator. The purpose of the Trust Fund is to finance projects of the Illinois Affordable Housing Program as authorized and approved by the Program Administrator. The Funding Agent shall establish, within the Trust Fund, a General Account, a Bond Account, a Commitment Account and a Development Credits Account. The Funding Agent shall authorize distribution of Trust Fund moneys to the Program Administrator or a payee designated by the Program Administrator for purposes authorized by this Act. After receipt of the Trust Fund moneys by the Program Administrator or designated payee, the Program Administrator shall ensure that all those moneys are expended for a public purpose and only as authorized by this Act.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8(c) of this Act, there shall be deposited in the Trust Fund such amounts as may become available under the provisions of this Act, including, but not limited to:

(1) all receipts, including dividends, principal and interest repayments attributable to any loans or agreements funded from the Trust Fund;

(2) all proceeds of assets of whatever nature received by the Program Administrator, and attributable to default with respect to loans or agreements funded from the Trust Fund;

(3) any appropriations, grants or gifts of funds or property, or financial or other aid from any federal or State agency or body, local government or any other public organization or private individual made to the Trust Fund;

(4) any income received as a result of the investment of moneys in the Trust Fund;

(5) all fees or charges collected by the Program Administrator or Funding Agent pursuant to this Act;

(6) amounts as provided in Section 31-35 of the Real Estate Transfer Tax Law;

(7) other funds as appropriated by the General Assembly; and

(8) any income, less costs and fees associated with the Program Escrow, received by the Program Administrator that is derived from Trust Fund Moneys held in the Program Escrow prior to expenditure of such Trust Fund Moneys.

(c) Additional Trust Fund Purpose: Receipt and use of federal funding for programs responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law limiting or directing the use of the Trust Fund, the Trust Fund may receive, directly or indirectly, federal funds from the Homeowner Assistance Fund authorized under Section 3206 of the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). Any such funds shall be deposited into a Homeowner Assistance Account which shall be established within the Trust Fund by the Funding Agent so that such funds can be accounted for separately from other funds in the Trust Fund. Such funds may be used only in the manner and for the purposes authorized in Section 3206 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and in related federal guidance. Also, the Trust Fund may receive, directly or indirectly, federal funds from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program authorized under Section 3201 of the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and Section 501 of Subtitle A of Title V of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). Any such funds shall be deposited into an Emergency Rental Assistance Account which shall be established within the Trust Fund by the Funding Agent so that such funds can be accounted for separately from other funds in the Trust Fund. Such funds may be used only in the manner and for the purposes authorized in Section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and in related federal guidance. Expenditures under this subsection (c) are subject to annual appropriation to the Funding Agent. Unless used in this subsection (c), the defined terms set forth in Section 3 shall not apply to funds received pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law limiting or directing the use of the Trust Fund, funds received under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 are not subject to the terms and provisions of this Act except as specifically set forth in this subsection (c).

(d) Additional Trust Fund Purpose. The Trust Fund may also receive moneys that are designated for deposit into the Trust Fund as provided in the Residential Rental Property Registry Act. Those moneys may be used as provided in Section 20 of the Residential Rental Property Registry Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 103-8, eff. 7-1-23.)