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91_HB2492
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1 AN ACT to create a demonstration grant program to build
2 accessible housing.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Accessible Housing Demonstration Grant Program Act.
7 Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
8 "Authority" means the Illinois Housing Development
9 Authority.
10 "Spec home" means a private single-family residence
11 constructed by a builder or individual for sale on the open
12 market and not built for an individual for immediate
13 occupancy.
14 Section 10. Accessibility demonstration grant program.
15 The Authority shall establish a demonstration grant program
16 to encourage the building of spec homes that are accessible
17 to the disabled. Through the program the Authority shall
18 provide grants to builders who build spec homes meeting the
19 basic access standards described in Section 15. The goal of
20 the demonstration program shall be that at least 10% of all
21 new spec homes for which construction begins 6 or more months
22 after the effective date of this Act meet the minimum
23 standards for basic access as described in Section 15.
24 Builders who wish to participate in the demonstration
25 grant program shall submit a grant application to the
26 Authority in accordance with rules promulgated by the
27 Authority. The Authority shall prescribe by rule standards
28 and procedures for the provision of demonstration grant funds
29 in relation to each grant application.
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1 Section 15. Basic access standards. Every spec home
2 for which a builder is eligible to receive a grant under this
3 Act shall include the following features:
4 (1) The home shall have at least one no-step exterior
5 entrance with a 36-inch-wide entrance door to allow for
6 wheelchair access into the home.
7 (2) All interior passage doors in the home shall allow
8 at least 32 inches of clearance in width.
9 (3) No electrical outlet in the home shall be lower than
10 15 inches from the finished floor and no light switch in the
11 home shall be more than 48 inches from the finished floor.
12 All environmental controls in the home shall be in accessible
13 locations.
14 (4) In each bathroom or other room containing a toilet,
15 bathtub, shower stall, or shower seat, the walls adjacent to
16 those fixtures shall be reinforced in a manner that will
17 allow the later installation of grab bars around those
18 fixtures.
19 Section 20. Task Force on Housing Accessibility. There
20 is created a Task Force on Housing Accessibility. The Task
21 Force shall consist of 5 members who shall be appointed by
22 the Governor as follows: an architect, a senior citizen, a
23 person with disabilities, a representative from the Attorney
24 General's Office, and the Director of the Authority or his or
25 her designee. The terms of the Task Force members shall last
26 4 years and shall begin 60 days after the effective date of
27 this Act, or as soon thereafter as all members of the Board
28 have been appointed. At the expiration of the term of each
29 Task Force member, and of each succeeding Task Force member,
30 or in the event of a vacancy, the Governor shall appoint a
31 Task Force member to hold office, in the case of a vacancy,
32 for the unexpired term, or in the case of expiration, for a
33 term of 4 years or until a successor is appointed by the
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1 Governor. The members shall receive no compensation for
2 their services on the Task Force but shall be reimbursed by
3 the Authority for any ordinary and necessary expenses
4 incurred in the performance of their duties.
5 The Task Force shall provide recommendations to builders
6 regarding the types of accommodations needed in new housing
7 stock for disabled persons. The recommendations shall
8 include but not be limited to provisions on how to build
9 homes that will retain their resale and aesthetic value.
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.