Public Act 097-0952
 
HB4615 EnrolledLRB097 17928 KTG 63700 b

    AN ACT concerning housing.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Rental Housing Support Program Act is
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
    (310 ILCS 105/15)
    Sec. 15. Grants to local administering agencies.
    (a) Under the program, the Authority shall make grants to
local administering agencies to provide subsidies to landlords
to enable the landlords to charge rent affordable for
low-income tenants. Grants shall also include an amount for the
operating expenses of local administering agencies. On an
annual basis, operating Operating expenses for local
administering agencies shall not exceed 10% for grants under
$500,000 and shall not exceed 7% for grants over $500,000. If a
grant to a local administering agency covers more than one
year, the Authority shall calculate operating expenses on an
annual pro rata share of the grant. If the annual pro rata
share is $500,000 or less, then the fee shall be 10%; if the
annual pro rata share is greater than $500,000, then the fee
shall be 7%.
    (b) The Authority shall develop a request-for-proposals
process for soliciting proposals from local administering
agencies and for awarding grants. The request-for-proposals
process and the funded projects must be consistent with the
criteria set forth in Section 25 and with additional criteria
set forth by the Authority in rules implementing this Act.
    (c) Local administering agencies may be local governmental
bodies, local housing authorities, or not-for-profit
organizations. The Authority shall set forth in rules the
financial and capacity requirements necessary for an
organization to qualify as a local administering agency and the
parameters for administration of the grants by local
administering agencies.
    (d) The Authority shall distribute grants to local
administering agencies according to a formula based on U.S.
Census data. The formula shall determine percentages of the
funds to be distributed to the following geographic areas: (i)
Chicago; (ii) suburban areas: Cook County (excluding Chicago),
DuPage County, Lake County, Kane County, Will County, and
McHenry County; (iii) small metropolitan areas: Springfield,
Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign-Urbana,
Bloomington-Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Madison County,
Moline, Pekin, Rantoul, and St. Clair County; and (iv) rural
areas, defined as all areas of the State not specifically named
in items (i), (ii), and (iii) of this subsection. A geographic
area's percentage share shall be determined by the total number
of households that have an annual income of less than 50% of
State median income for a household of 4, as determined by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and that are
paying more than 30% of their income for rent. The geographic
distribution shall be re-determined by the Authority each time
new U.S. Census data becomes available. The Authority shall
phase in any changes to the geographic formula to prevent a
large withdrawal of resources from one area that could
negatively impact households receiving rental housing support.
Up to 20% of the funds allocated for rural areas, as defined in
this subsection, may be set aside and awarded to one
administering agency to be distributed throughout the rural
areas in the State to localities that desire a number of
subsidized units of housing that is too small to justify the
establishment of a full local program. In those localities, the
administering agency may contract with local agencies to share
the administrative tasks of the program, such as inspections of
units.
    (e) In order to ensure applications from all geographic
areas of the State, the Authority shall create a plan to ensure
that potential local administering agencies have ample time and
support to consider making an application and to prepare an
application. Such a plan must include, but is not limited to:
an outreach and education plan regarding the program and the
requirements for a local administering agency; ample time
between the initial notice of funding ability and the deadline
to submit an application, which shall not be less than 9
months; and access to assistance from the Authority or another
agency in considering and preparing the application.
    (f) In order to maintain consistency for households
receiving rental housing support, the Authority shall, to the
extent possible given funding resources available in the Rental
Housing Support Program, continue to fund local administering
agencies at the same level on an annual basis, unless the
Authority determines that a local administering agency is not
meeting the criteria set forth in Section 25 or is not adhering
to other standards set forth by rule by the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 94-118, eff. 7-5-05.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2013