Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 4/12/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1790

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1790 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act
5is amended by changing Sections 15, 20, 25, 30, and 50 as
6follows:
 
7    (310 ILCS 67/15)
8    Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9    "Affordable housing" means housing that has a value or cost
10sales price or rental amount that is within the means of a
11household that may occupy moderate-income or low-income
12housing. In the case of owner-occupied dwelling units for sale,
13housing that is affordable means housing in which mortgage,
14amortization, taxes, insurance, and condominium or association
15fees, if any, constitute no more than 30% of the gross annual
16household income for a household of the size that may occupy

 

 

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1the unit. In the case of dwelling units for rent, housing that
2is affordable means housing for which the rent and utilities
3constitute no more than 30% of the gross annual household
4income for a household of the size that may occupy the unit.
5    "Affordable housing developer" means a nonprofit entity,
6limited equity cooperative or public agency, or private
7individual, firm, corporation, or other entity seeking to build
8an affordable housing development.
9    "Affordable housing development" means (i) any housing
10that is subsidized by the federal or State government or (ii)
11any housing in which at least 20% of the dwelling units are
12subject to covenants or restrictions that require that the
13dwelling units be sold or rented at prices that preserve them
14as affordable housing for a period of at least 15 years, in the
15case of owner-occupied for-sale housing, and at least 30 years,
16in the case of rental housing.
17    "Approving authority" means the governing body of the
18county or municipality.
19    "Area median household income" means the median household
20income adjusted for family size for applicable income limit
21areas as determined annually by the federal Department of
22Housing and Urban Development under Section 8 of the United
23States Housing Act of 1937.
24    "Community land trust" means a private, not-for-profit
25corporation organized exclusively for charitable, cultural,
26and other purposes and created to acquire and own land for the

 

 

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1benefit of the local government, including the creation and
2preservation of affordable housing.
3    "Development" means any building, construction,
4renovation, or excavation or any material change in any
5structure or land, or change in the use of such structure or
6land, that results in a net increase in the number of dwelling
7units in a structure or on a parcel of land by more than one
8dwelling unit.
9    "Exempt local government" means any local government in
10which at least 10% of its total year-round housing units are
11affordable, as determined by the Illinois Housing Development
12Authority pursuant to Section 20 of this Act; or any
13municipality under 1,000 population.
14    "Household" means the person or persons occupying a
15dwelling unit.
16    "Housing trust fund" means a separate fund, either within a
17local government or between local governments pursuant to
18intergovernmental agreement, established solely for the
19purposes authorized in subsection (d) of Section 25, including,
20without limitation, the holding and disbursing of financial
21resources to address the affordable housing needs of
22individuals or households that may occupy low-income or
23moderate-income housing.
24    "Local government" means a county or municipality.
25    "Low-income housing" means housing that is affordable,
26according to the federal Department of Housing and Urban

 

 

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1Development, for either home ownership or rental, and that is
2occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by households
3with a gross household income that does not exceed 50% of the
4area median household income.
5    "Moderate-income housing" means housing that is
6affordable, according to the federal Department of Housing and
7Urban Development, for either home ownership or rental, and
8that is occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by
9households with a gross household income that is greater than
1050% but does not exceed 80% of the area median household
11income.
12    "Non-appealable local government requirements" means all
13essential requirements that protect the public health and
14safety, including any local building, electrical, fire, or
15plumbing code requirements or those requirements that are
16critical to the protection or preservation of the environment.
17(Source: P.A. 93-595, eff. 1-1-04; 93-678, eff. 6-28-04;
1894-303, eff. 7-21-05.)
 
19    (310 ILCS 67/20)
20    Sec. 20. Determination of exempt local governments.
21    (a) Beginning October 1, 2004, the Illinois Housing
22Development Authority shall determine which local governments
23are exempt and not exempt from the operation of this Act based
24on an identification of the total number of year-round housing
25units in the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau

 

 

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1decennial census for each local government within the State and
2by an inventory of owner-occupied for-sale and rental
3affordable housing units, as defined in this Act, for each
4local government from the U.S. Census Bureau decennial census
5and other relevant sources.
6    (b) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall make
7this determination by:
8        (i) totaling the number of owner-occupied for-sale
9    housing units in each local government that are affordable
10    to households with a gross household income that is less
11    than 80% of the median household income within the county
12    or primary metropolitan statistical area;
13        (ii) totaling the number of rental units in each local
14    government that are affordable to households with a gross
15    household income that is less than 60% of the median
16    household income within the county or primary metropolitan
17    statistical area;
18        (iii) adding the number of owner-occupied for-sale and
19    rental units for each local government from items (i) and
20    (ii); and
21        (iv) dividing the sum of (iii) above by the total
22    number of year-round housing units in the local government
23    as contained in the latest U.S. Census Bureau decennial
24    census and multiplying the result by 100 to determine the
25    percentage of affordable housing units within the
26    jurisdiction of the local government.

 

 

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1    (c) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
2of the 98th General Assembly October 1, 2004, the Illinois
3Housing Development Authority shall publish on an annual basis
4a list of exempt and non-exempt local governments and the data
5that it used to calculate its determination at least once every
65 years. The data shall be shown for each local government in
7the State and for the State as a whole. Upon publishing a list
8of exempt and non-exempt local governments, the Illinois
9Housing Development Authority shall notify a local government
10that it is not exempt from the operation of this Act and
11provide to it the data used to calculate its determination.
12    (d) A local government or developer of affordable housing
13may appeal the determination of the Illinois Housing
14Development Authority as to whether the local government is
15exempt or non-exempt under this Act in connection with an
16appeal under Section 30 of this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 93-595, eff. 1-1-04; 93-678, eff. 6-28-04.)
 
18    (310 ILCS 67/25)
19    Sec. 25. Affordable housing plan.
20    (a) Prior to April 1, 2005, all non-exempt local
21governments must approve an affordable housing plan. Any local
22government that is determined by the Illinois Housing
23Development Authority under Section 20 to be non-exempt for the
24first time based on the recalculation of U.S. Census Bureau
25decennial census data after 2010 shall have 18 months from the

 

 

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1date of notification of its non-exempt status to approve an
2affordable housing plan under this Act.
3    (b) For the purposes of this Act, the affordable housing
4plan shall consist of at least the following:
5        (i) a statement of the total number of affordable
6    housing units that are necessary to exempt the local
7    government from the operation of this Act as defined in
8    Section 15 and Section 20;
9        (ii) an identification of lands within the
10    jurisdiction that are most appropriate for the
11    construction of affordable housing and of existing
12    structures most appropriate for conversion to, or
13    rehabilitation for, affordable housing, including a
14    consideration of lands and structures of developers who
15    have expressed a commitment to provide affordable housing
16    and lands and structures that are publicly or semi-publicly
17    owned;
18        (iii) incentives that local governments may provide
19    for the purpose of attracting affordable housing to their
20    jurisdiction; and
21        (iv) a goal of a minimum of 15% of all new development
22    or redevelopment within the local government that would be
23    defined as affordable housing in this Act; or a minimum of
24    a 3 percentage point increase in the overall percentage of
25    affordable housing within its jurisdiction, as described
26    in subsection (b) of Section 20 of this Act; or a minimum

 

 

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1    of a total of 10% affordable housing within its
2    jurisdiction as described in subsection (b) of Section 20
3    of this Act. These goals may be met, in whole or in part,
4    through the creation of affordable housing units under
5    intergovernmental agreements as described in subsection
6    (e) of this Section.
7    (c) Within 60 days after the adoption of an affordable
8housing plan or revisions to its affordable housing plan, the
9local government must submit a copy of that plan to the
10Illinois Housing Development Authority.
11    (d) In order to promote the goals of this Act and to
12maximize the creation, establishment, or preservation of
13affordable housing throughout the State of Illinois, a local
14government, whether exempt or non-exempt under this Act, may
15adopt the following measures to address the need for affordable
16housing:
17        (1) Local governments may individually or jointly
18    create or participate in a housing trust fund or otherwise
19    provide funding or support for the purpose of supporting
20    affordable housing, including, without limitation, to
21    support the following affordable housing activities:
22            (A) Housing production, including, without
23        limitation, new construction, rehabilitation, and
24        adaptive re-use.
25            (B) Acquisition, including, without limitation,
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1        other existing structures that may be used in whole or
2        in part for residential use.
3            (C) Rental payment assistance.
4            (D) Home-ownership purchase assistance.
5            (E) Preservation of existing affordable housing.
6            (F) Weatherization.
7            (G) Emergency repairs.
8            (H) Housing related support services, including
9        homeownership education and financial counseling.
10            (I) Grants or loans to not-for-profit
11        organizations engaged in addressing the affordable
12        housing needs of low-income and moderate-income
13        households.
14        Local governments may authorize housing trust funds to
15    accept and utilize funds, property, and other resources
16    from all proper and lawful public and private sources so
17    long as those funds are used solely for addressing the
18    affordable housing needs of individuals or households that
19    may occupy low-income or moderate-income housing.
20        (2) A local government may create a community land
21    trust, which may: acquire developed or undeveloped
22    interests in real property and hold them for affordable
23    housing purposes; convey such interests under long-term
24    leases, including ground leases; convey such interests for
25    affordable housing purposes; and retain an option to
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1    determined by a formula ensuring that such interests may be
2    utilized for affordable housing purposes.
3        (3) A local government may use its zoning powers to
4    require the creation and preservation of affordable
5    housing as authorized under Section 5-12001 of the Counties
6    Code and Section 11-13-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
7        (4) A local government may accept donations of money or
8    land for the purpose of addressing the affordable housing
9    needs of individuals or households that may occupy
10    low-income or moderate-income housing. These donations may
11    include, without limitation, donations of money or land
12    from persons in lieu of building affordable housing.
13    (e) In order to encourage regional cooperation and the
14maximum creation of affordable housing in areas lacking such
15housing in the State of Illinois, any non-exempt local
16government may enter into intergovernmental agreements under
17subsection (e) of Section 25 with local governments within 10
18miles of its corporate boundaries in order to create affordable
19housing units to meet the goals of this Act. A non-exempt local
20government may not enter into an intergovernmental agreement,
21however, with any local government that contains more than 25%
22affordable housing as determined under Section 20 of this Act.
23All intergovernmental agreements entered into to create
24affordable housing units to meet the goals of this Act must
25also specify the basis for determining how many of the
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1government participating in the agreement for purposes of
2complying with this Act. All intergovernmental agreements
3entered into to create affordable housing units to meet the
4goals of this Act must also specify the anticipated number of
5newly created affordable housing units that are to be credited
6to each local government participating in the agreement for
7purposes of complying with this Act. In specifying how many
8affordable housing units will be credited to each local
9government, the same affordable housing unit may not be counted
10by more than one local government.
11(Source: P.A. 93-595, eff. 1-1-04; 93-678, eff. 6-28-04;
1294-303, eff. 7-21-05.)
 
13    (310 ILCS 67/30)
14    Sec. 30. Appeal to State Housing Appeals Board.
15    (a) (Blank).
16    (b) Beginning January 1, 2009, an affordable housing
17developer whose application is either denied or approved with
18conditions that in his or her judgment render the provision of
19affordable housing infeasible may, within 45 days after the
20decision, appeal to the State Housing Appeals Board challenging
21that decision unless the municipality or county that rendered
22the decision is exempt under Section 15 of this Act. The
23developer must submit information regarding why the developer
24believes he or she was unfairly denied or unreasonable
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1development. In the case of local governments that are
2determined by the Illinois Housing Development Authority under
3Section 20 to be non-exempt for the first time based on the
4recalculation of U.S. Census Bureau decennial census data after
5the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
6Assembly 2010, no developer may appeal to the State Housing
7Appeals Board until 60 months after a local government has been
8notified of its non-exempt status.
9    (c) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
10of the 98th General Assembly January 1, 2009, the Board shall,
11whenever possible, render a decision on the appeal within 120
12days after the appeal is filed. The Board may extend the time
13by which it will render a decision where circumstances outside
14the Board's control make it infeasible for the Board to render
15a decision within 120 days. In any proceeding before the Board,
16the affordable housing developer bears the burden of
17demonstrating that the proposed affordable housing development
18(i) has been unfairly denied or (ii) has had unreasonable
19conditions placed upon it by the decision of the local
20government.
21    (d) The Board shall dismiss any appeal if:
22        (i) the local government has adopted an affordable
23    housing plan as defined in Section 25 of this Act and
24    submitted that plan to the Illinois Housing Development
25    Authority within the time frame required by this Act; and
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1    affordable housing plan and has met its goal as established
2    in its affordable housing plan as defined in Section 25 of
3    this Act.
4    (e) The Board shall dismiss any appeal if the reason for
5denying the application or placing conditions upon the approval
6is a non-appealable local government requirement under Section
715 of this Act.
8    (f) The Board may affirm, reverse, or modify the conditions
9of, or add conditions to, a decision made by the approving
10authority. The decision of the Board constitutes an order
11directed to the approving authority and is binding on the local
12government.
13    (g) The appellate court has the exclusive jurisdiction to
14review decisions of the Board. Any appeal to the Appellate
15Court of a final ruling by the State Housing Appeals Board may
16be heard only in the Appellate Court for the District in which
17the local government involved in the appeal is located. The
18appellate court shall apply the "clearly erroneous" standard
19when reviewing such appeals. An appeal of a final ruling of the
20Board shall be filed within 35 days after the Board's decision
21and in all respects shall be in accordance with Section 3-113
22of the Code of Civil Procedure.
23(Source: P.A. 93-595, eff. 1-1-04; 94-303, eff. 7-21-05.)
 
24    (310 ILCS 67/50)
25    Sec. 50. Housing Appeals Board.

 

 

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1    (a) Prior to January 1, 2008, a Housing Appeals Board shall
2be created consisting of 7 members appointed by the Governor as
3follows:
4        (1) a retired circuit judge or retired appellate judge,
5    who shall act as chairperson;
6        (2) a zoning board of appeals member;
7        (3) a planning board member;
8        (4) a mayor or municipal council or board member;
9        (5) a county board member;
10        (6) an affordable housing developer; and
11        (7) an affordable housing advocate.
12    In addition, the Chairman of the Illinois Housing
13Development Authority, ex officio, shall serve as a non-voting
14member. No more than 4 of the appointed members may be from the
15same political party. Appointments under items (2), (3), and
16(4) shall be from local governments that are not exempt under
17this Act.
18    (b) Initial terms of 4 members designated by the Governor
19shall be for 2 years. Initial terms of 3 members designated by
20the Governor shall be for one year. Thereafter, members shall
21be appointed for terms of 2 years. After a member's term
22expires, the member shall continue to serve until a successor
23is appointed. There shall be no limit to the number of terms an
24appointee may serve. A member shall receive no compensation for
25his or her services, but shall be reimbursed by the State for
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1the performance of his or her official duties. The board shall
2hear all petitions for review filed under this Act and shall
3conduct all hearings in accordance with the rules and
4regulations established by the chairperson. The Illinois
5Housing Development Authority shall provide space and clerical
6and other assistance that the Board may require.
7    (c) (Blank).
8(Source: P.A. 93-595, eff. 1-1-04; 94-303, eff. 7-21-05.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.".