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| AN ACT concerning housing.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Comprehensive Housing Planning Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 |
| "Authority" means the Illinois Housing Development | 8 |
| Authority. | 9 |
| "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the | 10 |
| State Housing Task Force, which shall consist of 13 members of | 11 |
| the State Housing Task Force: the Chair, the Vice-Chair, a | 12 |
| representative of the Governor's Office, a representative of | 13 |
| the Governor's Office of Management and Budget responsible for | 14 |
| Bond Cap allocation in the State, the Director of Commerce and | 15 |
| Economic Opportunity or his or her designee, the Secretary of | 16 |
| Human Services or his or her designee, and 7 housing experts | 17 |
| from the State Housing Task Force as designated by the | 18 |
| Governor. | 19 |
| "Interagency Subcommittee" means the Interagency | 20 |
| Subcommittee of the State Housing Task Force, which shall | 21 |
| consist of the following members or their designees: the | 22 |
| Executive Director of the Authority; the Secretaries of Human | 23 |
| Services and Transportation; the Directors of the State | 24 |
| Departments of Aging, Children and Family Services, Commerce | 25 |
| and Economic Opportunity, Financial and Professional | 26 |
| Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Rights, | 27 |
| Natural Resources, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs; the | 28 |
| Director of the Environmental Protection Agency; a | 29 |
| representative of the Governor's Office; and a representative | 30 |
| of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. | 31 |
| "State Housing Task Force" or "Task Force" means a task | 32 |
| force comprised of the following persons or their designees: |
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| the Executive Director of the Authority; a representative of | 2 |
| the Governor's Office; a representative of the Lieutenant | 3 |
| Governor's Office; the Secretaries of Human Services and | 4 |
| Transportation; the Directors of the State Departments of | 5 |
| Aging, Children and Family Services, Commerce and Economic | 6 |
| Opportunity, Financial and Professional Regulation, Healthcare | 7 |
| and Family Services, Human Rights, Natural Resources, Public | 8 |
| Health, and Veterans' Affairs; the Director of the | 9 |
| Environmental Protection Agency; and a representative of the | 10 |
| Governor's Office of Management and Budget. The Governor may | 11 |
| also invite and appoint the following to the Task Force: a | 12 |
| representative of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs of | 13 |
| Western Illinois University; representatives of the U. S. | 14 |
| Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and | 15 |
| Agriculture; and up to 18 housing experts, with proportional | 16 |
| representation from urban, suburban, and rural areas | 17 |
| throughout the State. The Speaker of the Illinois House of | 18 |
| Representatives, the President of the Illinois Senate, the | 19 |
| Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, and | 20 |
| the Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate may each appoint one | 21 |
| representative to the Task Force. The Executive Director of the | 22 |
| Authority shall serve as Chair of the Task Force. The Governor | 23 |
| shall appoint a housing expert from the non-governmental sector | 24 |
| to serve as Vice-Chair.
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| Section 10. Purpose. In order to maintain the economic | 26 |
| health of its communities, the State must have a comprehensive | 27 |
| and unified policy for the allocation of resources for | 28 |
| affordable housing and supportive services for historically | 29 |
| underserved populations throughout the State. Executive Order | 30 |
| 2003-18, issued September 16, 2003, created the Illinois | 31 |
| Housing Initiative through December 31, 2008, which led to the | 32 |
| adoption of the first Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan for the | 33 |
| State of Illinois. The General Assembly determines that it is | 34 |
| now necessary to codify provisions of Executive Order 2003-18 | 35 |
| in order to accomplish the following: |
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| (1) address the need to make available quality housing | 2 |
| at a variety of price points in communities throughout the | 3 |
| State; | 4 |
| (2) overcome the shortage of affordable housing, which | 5 |
| threatens the viability of many communities; | 6 |
| (3) meet the need for safe, sanitary, and accessible | 7 |
| affordable housing and supportive services for people with | 8 |
| disabilities; | 9 |
| (4) promote a full range of quality housing choices | 10 |
| near jobs, transit, and other amenities; | 11 |
| (5) meet the needs of constituencies that have been | 12 |
| historically underserved and segregated due to barriers | 13 |
| and trends in the existing housing market or insufficient | 14 |
| resources; | 15 |
| (6) facilitate the preservation of ownership of | 16 |
| existing homes and rental housing in communities; | 17 |
| (7) create new housing opportunities and, where | 18 |
| appropriate, promote mixed-income communities; and | 19 |
| (8) encourage development of State incentives for | 20 |
| communities to create a mix of housing to meet the needs of | 21 |
| current and future residents.
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| Section 15. Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
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| (a) During the period from the effective date of this Act | 24 |
| through June 30, 2016, the State of Illinois shall prepare and | 25 |
| be guided by an annual comprehensive housing plan ("Annual | 26 |
| Comprehensive Housing Plan") that is consistent with the | 27 |
| affirmative fair housing provisions of the Illinois Human | 28 |
| Rights Act and specifically addresses the following | 29 |
| underserved populations: | 30 |
| (1) households earning below 50% of the area median | 31 |
| income, with particular emphasis on households earning | 32 |
| below 30% of the area median income; | 33 |
| (2) low-income senior citizens; | 34 |
| (3) low-income persons with any form of disability, | 35 |
| including, but not limited to, physical disability, |
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| developmental disability, mental illness, co-occurring | 2 |
| mental illness and substance abuse disorder, and HIV/AIDS; | 3 |
| (4) homeless persons and persons determined to be at | 4 |
| risk of homelessness; | 5 |
| (5) low-income and moderate-income persons unable to | 6 |
| afford housing near work or transportation; and | 7 |
| (6) low-income persons residing in existing affordable | 8 |
| housing that is in danger of becoming unaffordable or being | 9 |
| lost. | 10 |
| (b) The Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan shall include, | 11 |
| but need not be limited to, the following: | 12 |
| (1) The identification of all funding sources for which | 13 |
| the State has administrative control that are available for | 14 |
| housing construction, rehabilitation, preservation, | 15 |
| operating or rental subsidies, and supportive services. | 16 |
| (2) Goals for the number and types of housing units to | 17 |
| be constructed, preserved, or rehabilitated each year for | 18 |
| the underserved populations identified in subsection (a) | 19 |
| of Section 15, based on available housing resources. | 20 |
| (3) Funding recommendations for types of programs for | 21 |
| housing construction, preservation, rehabilitation, and | 22 |
| supportive services, where necessary, related to the | 23 |
| underserved populations identified in subsection (a) of | 24 |
| Section 15, based on the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan. | 25 |
| (4) Specific actions needed to ensure the coordination | 26 |
| of State government resources that can be used to build or | 27 |
| preserve affordable housing, provide services to accompany | 28 |
| the creation of affordable housing, and prevent | 29 |
| homelessness. | 30 |
| (5) Recommended State actions that promote the | 31 |
| construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of | 32 |
| affordable housing by private-sector, not-for-profit, and | 33 |
| government entities and address those practices that | 34 |
| impede such promotion. | 35 |
| (6) Specific suggestions for incentives for counties | 36 |
| and municipalities to develop and implement local |
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| comprehensive housing plans that would encourage a mix of | 2 |
| housing to meet the needs of current and future residents.
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| (7) Identification of options that counties, | 4 |
| municipalities, and other local jurisdictions, including | 5 |
| public housing authorities, can take to construct, | 6 |
| rehabilitate, or preserve housing in their own communities | 7 |
| for the underserved populations identified in Section 10 of | 8 |
| this Act. | 9 |
| (c) The Interagency Subcommittee, with staff support and | 10 |
| coordination assistance from the Authority, shall develop the | 11 |
| Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan. The State Housing Task Force | 12 |
| shall provide advice and guidance to the Interagency | 13 |
| Subcommittee in developing the Plan. The Interagency | 14 |
| Subcommittee shall deliver the Annual Comprehensive Housing | 15 |
| Plan to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1 of | 16 |
| each year or the first business day thereafter. The Authority, | 17 |
| on behalf of the Interagency Subcommittee, shall prepare an | 18 |
| interim report by September 30 and a final report by April 1 of | 19 |
| the following year to the Governor and the General Assembly on | 20 |
| the progress made toward achieving the projected goals of the | 21 |
| Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan during the previous calendar | 22 |
| year. These reports shall include estimates of revenues, | 23 |
| expenditures, obligations, bond allocations, and fund balances | 24 |
| for all programs or funds addressed in the Annual Comprehensive | 25 |
| Housing Plan. | 26 |
| (d) The Authority shall provide staffing to the Interagency | 27 |
| Subcommittee, the Task Force, and the Executive Committee of | 28 |
| the Task Force. It shall also provide the staff support needed | 29 |
| to help coordinate the implementation of the Annual | 30 |
| Comprehensive Housing Plan during the course of the year. The | 31 |
| Authority shall be eligible for reimbursement of up to $300,000 | 32 |
| per year for such staff support costs from a designated funding | 33 |
| source, if available, or from the Illinois Affordable Housing | 34 |
| Trust Fund.
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| Section 20. Executive Committee.
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| (1) Oversee and structure the operations of the Task | 3 |
| Force. | 4 |
| (2) Create necessary subcommittees and appoint | 5 |
| subcommittee members, with the advice of the Task Force and | 6 |
| the Interagency Subcommittee, as the Executive Committee | 7 |
| deems necessary. | 8 |
| (3) Ensure adequate public input into the Annual | 9 |
| Comprehensive Housing Plan. | 10 |
| (4) Involve, to the extent possible, appropriate | 11 |
| representatives of the federal government, local | 12 |
| governments and municipalities, public housing | 13 |
| authorities, local continuum-of-care, for-profit, and | 14 |
| not-for-profit developers, supportive housing providers, | 15 |
| business, labor, lenders, advocates for the underserved | 16 |
| populations named in this Act, and fair housing agencies. | 17 |
| (5) Have input into the development of the Annual | 18 |
| Comprehensive Housing Plan and the Annual Report prepared | 19 |
| by the Authority before the Authority submits them to the | 20 |
| Task Force.
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| Section 25. Interagency Subcommittee.
The Interagency | 22 |
| Subcommittee and its member agencies shall: | 23 |
| (1) Be responsible for providing the information | 24 |
| needed to develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan as | 25 |
| well as the interim and final Plan reports. | 26 |
| (2) Develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan. | 27 |
| (3) Oversee the implementation of the Plan by | 28 |
| coordinating, streamlining, and prioritizing the | 29 |
| allocation of available production, rehabilitation, | 30 |
| preservation, financial, and service resources.
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| Section 30. Notice of Funding Availability. The Authority, | 32 |
| in consultation with other participating members of the | 33 |
| Interagency Subcommittee, shall annually issue a joint Notice | 34 |
| of Funding Availability ("NOFA") to notify potential |
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| applicants of funding for specific programs expected to be | 2 |
| available through State agencies to meet housing and supportive | 3 |
| service needs identified in the Annual Comprehensive Housing | 4 |
| Plan. Prior to issuance of this NOFA, and before October 1 of | 5 |
| each year, each Interagency Subcommittee member shall provide | 6 |
| the Chairman of the Interagency Subcommittee with a report of | 7 |
| funding earmarked for the NOFA, contingent on funding | 8 |
| availability through annual appropriation. The Authority and | 9 |
| other members of the Interagency Subcommittee may continue to | 10 |
| provide additional opportunities for funding available under | 11 |
| programs they administer, apart from this joint NOFA. The joint | 12 |
| NOFA shall indicate the target number and types of housing | 13 |
| units to be constructed, rehabilitated, preserved, and | 14 |
| targeted for supportive services funding for the underserved | 15 |
| populations. A NOFA may include, but need not be limited to, | 16 |
| information regarding: | 17 |
| (1) available funding for property acquisition, | 18 |
| construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of each type | 19 |
| of housing; | 20 |
| (2) available funding for operating cost subsidies, | 21 |
| including any rental assistance; | 22 |
| (3) projected funding for supportive services for the | 23 |
| targeted units upon their occupancy, subject to annual | 24 |
| appropriation of funds; | 25 |
| (4) the eligibility requirements for applicants; | 26 |
| (5) relevant program guidelines; | 27 |
| (6) selection criteria and the selection process; and | 28 |
| (7) the conditions to be met by applicants and selected | 29 |
| respondents.
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| Each agency with authority for approving allocations of | 31 |
| funds shall review proposed funding actions with the | 32 |
| Interagency Subcommittee. Final funding decisions shall be | 33 |
| made by the responsible agency in accordance with applicable | 34 |
| law.
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| Section 90. The Illinois Private Activity Bond Allocation |
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| Act is amended by adding Section 7.5 as follows: | 2 |
| (30 ILCS 345/7.5 new)
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| Sec. 7.5. Bond issuer; annual report. The issuer of bonds | 4 |
| utilizing bond volume cap from the Local Government Pool and | 5 |
| the State Agency Pool shall file, if the issuer utilized the | 6 |
| bond volume cap for any housing purpose, an annual report with | 7 |
| the Governor and the General Assembly. The annual report from | 8 |
| each issuer must include, but is not limited to, the following | 9 |
| information: | 10 |
| (1) For multifamily rental units: | 11 |
| (A) the total number of developments; | 12 |
| (B) the total number of units, by income levels | 13 |
| served; | 14 |
| (C) the total number of units targeted to each | 15 |
| particular underserved population addressed in the | 16 |
| Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan; and | 17 |
| (D) any outreach efforts undertaken to serve the | 18 |
| targeted units. | 19 |
| (2) For single family homeownership units: | 20 |
| (A) the total number of loans and households who | 21 |
| achieved homeownership with issuer bond proceeds; | 22 |
| (B) the amounts of individual loans generated by | 23 |
| the bond proceeds; | 24 |
| (C) the actual and effective interest rates | 25 |
| offered to borrowers; | 26 |
| (D) the total number of assisted homeowners | 27 |
| identified as an underserved population addressed in | 28 |
| the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan, when available; | 29 |
| (E) the number of first-time homebuyers; and | 30 |
| (F) the number of assisted homeowners who received | 31 |
| any homeownership counseling. | 32 |
| (3) For all housing units: | 33 |
| (A) the percentage of bond proceeds used in | 34 |
| conjunction with the projects and loans; | 35 |
| (B) the total cost of issuance for the bonds |
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| (C) the amount of bond proceeds, if any, used to | 3 |
| refund prior bonds; and | 4 |
| (D) the total amount of unused proceeds, if any, at | 5 |
| the time of the report. | 6 |
| The Governor and the General Assembly shall utilize | 7 |
| information readily available through existing reporting | 8 |
| requirements to report on the State Agency Pool.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 |
| becoming law.
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