Illinois Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act (IL)

Tracked preemption from the Illinois overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
2004-01-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:IL

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.affordable_housing_stock_pct < 10

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].affordable_housing_plan_requiredoverrideTrueNon-exempt municipalities (<10% affordable stock) must adopt an Affordable Housing Plan with goals for new affordable units.
review_typeoverridesubject_to_state_appeal_boardDenials of qualifying affordable developments may be appealed to the State Housing Appeals Board (analog to MA Ch. 40B / RI LMIH).

Citation

Authority source
310 ILCS 67/1 et seq. (Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act)
§ 310 ILCS 67/15, 67/20, 67/30, 67/60
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2128

Research notes

IHDA biennially identifies non-exempt municipalities with <10% affordable housing stock. Such cities must adopt a plan listing goals for affordable-unit production. State Housing Appeals Board may override local denials of qualifying affordable projects. Applies to both home-rule and non-home-rule (express GA preemption with required supermajority).