Chapter 310 — HOUSING

(310 ILCS 10/14) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 14) Sec. 14. Approval of projects by Department. Prior to the acquisition of title to any real property an Authority shall submit to the Department data as to the location and cost of the property, and prior to the undertaking of any constr…

(310 ILCS 10/17) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 17) Sec. 17. Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this Act shall have the following respective meanings, unless in any case a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) "Authority" or "housing autho…

(310 ILCS 10/17.1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 17.1) Sec. 17.1. Within the definition of "project" in Section 17 and the powers granted to Housing Authorities by this Act and "An Act to facilitate the development and construction of housing, to provide governmental assistance therefor…

(310 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 18) Sec. 18. If any section, subdivision, sentence, or clause of this Act is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act. (Source: Laws 1933-34, Third Sp…

(310 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 2) Sec. 2. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that in order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public, it is necessary in the public interest to provide for the creation of munici…

(310 ILCS 10/20) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 20) Sec. 20. Bonds of an Authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding the maximum …

(310 ILCS 10/21) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 21) Sec. 21. In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an Authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have power: (a) To pled…

(310 ILCS 10/22) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 22) Sec. 22. A bondholder or trustee for a bondholder shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such bondholder or trustee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such bondholder or tr…

(310 ILCS 10/23) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 23) Sec. 23. An Authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture, lease or other contract to confer upon any bondholder, or any trustee for a bondholder, holding or representing a specified amount in bonds the right (in additio…

(310 ILCS 10/24) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 24) Sec. 24. Management and operation of housing projects. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the r…

(310 ILCS 10/25) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 25) Sec. 25. Rentals and tenant selection. In the operation or management of housing projects an Authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (a) It shall not accept any person as a…

(310 ILCS 10/25.01) Sec. 25.01. Notification. Before denying an applicant's federally assisted housing application based, in whole or in part, on a criminal history record permitted under this Act, the Authority shall provide the opportunity for an individual assessment. The appl…

(310 ILCS 10/25.02) Sec. 25.02. Criminal records assessment hearing. (a) An applicant has the right to an individualized criminal records assessment hearing if the applicant's application for federally assisted housing requires further review because of the applicant's or another…

(310 ILCS 10/25.03) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 25.03) Sec. 25.03. Every person making application for tenancy or renewal of tenancy in a housing project of a local housing authority shall provide the local housing authority information as to the composition of the applicant's family,…

(310 ILCS 10/25.04) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 25.04) Sec. 25.04. Any person who by means of any false statement or willful misrepresentation misleads, defrauds, or induces a local housing authority to fix the rent in an amount less than required under the regulations of the local ho…

(310 ILCS 10/25.05) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 25.05) Sec. 25.05. Any person who by means of any fraudulent misstatement or willful misrepresentation made in connection with an application for tenancy or renewal of tenancy in a housing project of a local housing authority misleads, d…

(310 ILCS 10/25.06) Sec. 25.06. Waiting list information. Upon request by an applicant for a Housing Authority's public housing, a Housing Choice Voucher, or other housing owned or operated by a Housing Authority for which the Housing Authority manages a waiting list, the Housing…

(310 ILCS 10/26) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 26) Sec. 26. An Authority (notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act or any other provision of law) may include in any contract let in connection with a project stipulations requiring that the contractor or any subcontr…

(310 ILCS 10/27) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 27) Sec. 27. In addition to the powers conferred by other provisions of this Act, an authority shall have power to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the Federal government for or in aid of any project, to proc…

(310 ILCS 10/28) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 27a) Sec. 28. The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks…

(310 ILCS 10/29) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 27b) Sec. 29. With respect to any housing project of a housing authority, the housing authority shall, after such project has become occupied, either in whole or in part, file with the proper assessing authority on or before April 1 of each…

(310 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 3) Sec. 3. The governing body of any city, village or incorporated town having more than 25,000 inhabitants, or of any county of this State, may, by resolution, determine that there is need for a housing authority in the city, village, incor…

(310 ILCS 10/3.1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 3.1) Sec. 3.1. In any municipality having over 500,000 inhabitants, there shall be created a Housing Authority City Wide Residents' Advisory Board which shall be composed of each Local Advisory Council member who represents a development u…

(310 ILCS 10/30) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 27c) Sec. 30. Housing authorities may jointly exercise any or all of the powers conferred on such housing authorities, for the purpose of financing, planning, undertaking, constructing or operating a housing project or projects located with…

(310 ILCS 10/32) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 27e) Sec. 32. An Authority created pursuant to this Act may be dissolved and its corporate status terminated in the following manner: whenever the commissioners of an Authority adopt a resolution to the effect that it has completed all proj…

(310 ILCS 10/33) Sec. 33. Affordable housing for community college students. In addition to the powers conferred by other provisions of this Act, a Housing Authority may develop affordable housing for community college students in coordination with the board of trustees of any co…

(310 ILCS 10/34) Sec. 34. Housing preference for veterans. (a) As used in this Section: "Homeless individual" means an individual: (1) who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; (2) with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not design…

(310 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 4) Sec. 4. Whenever it shall appear to the presiding officer having appointment authority that a commissioner of a Housing Authority is incompetent or guilty of neglect of duty or malfeasance, the presiding officer shall require such commiss…

(310 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 5) Sec. 5. No commissioner or employee of an Authority shall acquire any interest direct or indirect in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest direct or indirect in an…

(310 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 6) Sec. 6. As soon as possible after the creation of an Authority the commissioners shall organize for the transaction of business by choosing from among their number a chairman and a vice-chairman and by adopting by-laws and rules and regul…

(310 ILCS 10/6.1) Sec. 6.1. Power to deduct wages for debts. (a) Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park Distric…

(310 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 7) Sec. 7. No commissioner shall receive any compensation, whether in form of salary, per diem allowances or otherwise, for or in connection with his services as a commissioner, except that the Housing Authority in any municipality having ov…

(310 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8) Sec. 8. An Authority shall be a municipal corporation and shall constitute a body both corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effec…

(310 ILCS 10/8.1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.1) Sec. 8.1. An Authority has power to investigate living and housing conditions, housing needs and markets in its area of operation and the means and methods of improving conditions and meeting needs through private and public means; to…

(310 ILCS 10/8.10) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.10) Sec. 8.10. As a part of its annual report, every Housing Authority shall present statements setting forth for each project of the Housing Authority a balance sheet, a classified statement of revenues and expenditures and of receipts…

(310 ILCS 10/8.10a) Sec. 8.10a. Criminal history record and housing data. (a) Every Authority organized under the provisions of this Act shall collect the following criminal history record data: (1) the number of applications submitted for admission to federally assisted housing;…

(310 ILCS 10/8.11) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.11) Sec. 8.11. The Housing Authority in any municipality containing over 500,000 inhabitants shall submit the statements herein required to the City Council of such municipality (which shall be entered in the Journal of Proceedings of t…

(310 ILCS 10/8.12) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.12) Sec. 8.12. In addition to the powers conferred by other provisions in this Act, a Housing Authority in any municipality or county containing over 500,000 inhabitants shall have the power to destroy or otherwise dispose of its obsole…

(310 ILCS 10/8.13) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.13) Sec. 8.13. In addition to the powers conferred by this Act and other laws, Housing Authorities for municipalities of less than 500,000 population and for counties, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the governi…

(310 ILCS 10/8.14) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.14) Sec. 8.14. A Housing Authority may, whenever it determines that an area within the municipality or county may be eligible for designation as a conservation area within the meaning of subsection (1) of Section 17 of this Act, make su…

(310 ILCS 10/8.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.15) Sec. 8.15. A Housing Authority may, subject to written approval by the Department, acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise any improved or unimproved real property, the acquisition of which is necessary or appropriate for the…

(310 ILCS 10/8.16) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.16) Sec. 8.16. A Housing Authority may, subject to written approval from the Department, borrow money or other property and accept contributions, capital grants, gifts, donations, services or other financial assistance from the United S…

(310 ILCS 10/8.17) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.17) Sec. 8.17. If any owner, agent or mortgagee of improved private property within a designated conservation area, after notice by the Authority to comply and opportunity to be heard, fails to make such property conform to minimum stan…

(310 ILCS 10/8.18) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.18) Sec. 8.18. Any state public body (city, village, incorporated town, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, or other subdivision or public body of the State) (a) may, upon such terms, with or without consider…

(310 ILCS 10/8.19) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.19) Sec. 8.19. The housing authority of any county, or of the several counties within its area of operation is authorized and permitted to operate a housing referral service. "Housing referral Service" for the purposes of this Section m…

(310 ILCS 10/8.1a) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.1a) Sec. 8.1a. Police powers. (a) A Housing Authority in any municipality having over 500,000 inhabitants has power to police its property and to exercise police powers for the protection of the persons and property of its residents, em…

(310 ILCS 10/8.1b) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.1b) Sec. 8.1b. (a) The Authority shall establish and maintain an affirmative action program consistent with state and federal law, designed to promote equal employment opportunity within the police force and give preference to the recru…

(310 ILCS 10/8.1c) Sec. 8.1c. Citizens Review Board. A Citizens Review Board is established for the housing authority in any municipality having over 500,000 inhabitants to monitor the housing authority police force. The Board shall consist of 9 members with 5 appointed by the ex…

(310 ILCS 10/8.2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.2) Sec. 8.2. Projects; competitive bidding; arrangement with for-profit developer. An Authority has power to prepare, carry out and operate projects; to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration or repair of a…

(310 ILCS 10/8.20) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.20) Sec. 8.20. Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)