99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4564

 

Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi

 

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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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning housing.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Comprehensive Housing Planning Act is
5amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (310 ILCS 110/15)
7    Sec. 15. Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
8    (a) During the period from the effective date of this Act
9through December 31, 2026 June 30, 2016, the State of Illinois
10shall prepare and be guided by an annual comprehensive housing
11plan ("Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan") that is consistent
12with the affirmative fair housing provisions of the Illinois
13Human Rights Act and specifically addresses the following
14underserved 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, mental illness, co-occurring
22    mental illness and substance abuse disorder, and HIV/AIDS;
23        (4) homeless persons and persons determined to be at

 

 

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1    risk of homelessness;
2        (5) low-income and moderate-income persons unable to
3    afford housing near work or transportation; and
4        (6) low-income persons residing in existing affordable
5    housing that is in danger of becoming unaffordable or being
6    lost.
7    (b) The Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan shall include,
8but need not be limited to, the following:
9        (1) The identification of all funding sources for which
10    the State has administrative control that are available for
11    housing construction, rehabilitation, preservation,
12    operating or rental subsidies, and supportive services.
13        (2) Goals for the number and types of housing units to
14    be constructed, preserved, or rehabilitated each year for
15    the underserved populations identified in subsection (a)
16    of Section 15, based on available housing resources.
17        (3) Funding recommendations for types of programs for
18    housing construction, preservation, rehabilitation, and
19    supportive services, where necessary, related to the
20    underserved populations identified in subsection (a) of
21    Section 15, based on the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
22        (4) Specific actions needed to ensure the coordination
23    of State government resources that can be used to build or
24    preserve affordable housing, provide services to accompany
25    the creation of affordable housing, and prevent
26    homelessness.

 

 

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1        (5) Recommended State actions that promote the
2    construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of
3    affordable housing by private-sector, not-for-profit, and
4    government entities and address those practices that
5    impede such promotion.
6        (6) Specific suggestions for incentives for counties
7    and municipalities to develop and implement local
8    comprehensive housing plans that would encourage a mix of
9    housing to meet the needs of current and future residents.
10        (7) Identification of options that counties,
11    municipalities, and other local jurisdictions, including
12    public housing authorities, can take to construct,
13    rehabilitate, or preserve housing in their own communities
14    for the underserved populations identified in Section 10 of
15    this Act.
16    (c) The Interagency Subcommittee, with staff support and
17coordination assistance from the Authority, shall develop the
18Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan. The State Housing Task Force
19shall provide advice and guidance to the Interagency
20Subcommittee in developing the Plan. The Interagency
21Subcommittee shall deliver the Annual Comprehensive Housing
22Plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1 of
23each year or the first business day thereafter. The Authority,
24on behalf of the Interagency Subcommittee, shall prepare an
25interim report by September 30 and a final report by April 1 of
26the following year to the Governor and the General Assembly on

 

 

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1the progress made toward achieving the projected goals of the
2Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan during the previous calendar
3year. These reports shall include estimates of revenues,
4expenditures, obligations, bond allocations, and fund balances
5for all programs or funds addressed in the Annual Comprehensive
6Housing Plan.
7    (d) The Authority shall provide staffing to the Interagency
8Subcommittee, the Task Force, and the Executive Committee of
9the Task Force. It shall also provide the staff support needed
10to help coordinate the implementation of the Annual
11Comprehensive Housing Plan during the course of the year. The
12Authority shall be eligible for reimbursement of up to $300,000
13per year for such staff support costs from a designated funding
14source, if available, or from the Illinois Affordable Housing
15Trust Fund.
16(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.