Public Act 094-0965
 
SB2290 Enrolled LRB094 18584 DRJ 53927 b

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