Bill Text: IL HB4571 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Counties Code. Changes the provisions to apply only to counties having a population of greater than 750,000 residents and fewer than 2 million residents and counties having the county executive form of government and a population of greater than 650,000 and fewer than 2 million residents, according to the most recent federal decennial census (rather than only counties having a population of greater than 750,000 residents and fewer than 2 million residents, according to the most recent federal decennial census). Changes the provisions to apply to households making up to 140% (rather than up to 150% of the area median income annually).

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)

Status: (Passed) 2026-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0554 [HB4571 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4571-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Sections
5-1195 and 5-1196 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-1195 new)
Sec. 5-1195. Powers of specified counties to create or
preserve affordable housing. Counties having a population of
greater than 750,000 residents and fewer than 2 million
residents and counties having the county executive form of
government and a population of greater than 650,000 and fewer
than 2 million residents, according to the most recent federal
decennial census, may:
(1) acquire real property for the purpose of creating
or preserving affordable housing for households making up
to 140% of the area median income annually;
(2) enter into agreements to transfer real property,
with any unit of local government, including forest
preserve districts created under the Downstate Forest
Preserve District Act, any school district, or the State,
for the purpose of creating or preserving affordable
housing for households making up to 140% of the area
median income annually;

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(3) enter into agreements to donate, lease below
market rate, or sell below market rate, real property for
the purpose of the creation or preservation of affordable
housing for households making up to 140% of the area
median income annually;
(4) undertake any activity permitted by the Affordable
Housing Planning and Appeal Act for the purpose of
creating, developing, encouraging the development, or
preservation of the development of affordable housing for
households making up to 140% of the area median income
annually; and
(5) select purchasers and lessors for properties held
by the county, a county land bank, or county land trust.
The selection of purchasers and lessors under paragraph
(5) shall be made in a manner designed to increase and maintain
affordable housing within the county without regard to the
fair market value of the real property.
(55 ILCS 5/5-1196 new)
Sec. 5-1196. Affordable housing grant programs.
(a) As used in this Section, "affordable housing" means
housing for households making up to 140% of the area median
income annually.
(b) Counties having a population of greater than 750,000
residents and fewer than 2 million residents and counties
having the county executive form of government and a

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population of greater than 650,000 and fewer than 2 million
residents, according to the most recent federal decennial
census, may encourage and facilitate the creation of
affordable housing within the geographic boundaries of the
county, including areas within municipalities, by offering, to
developers of affordable housing units, financial incentives,
including, but not limited to, grants and loans, and
infrastructure improvements, including, but not limited to,
stormwater detention, public water and sewer improvements, and
similar improvements that facilitate increasing the supply of
affordable housing units. Improvements that facilitate
increasing the supply of affordable housing units shall be
considered improvements for a public purpose.
(c) Counties having a population of greater than 750,000
residents and fewer than 2 million residents and counties
having the county executive form of government and a
population of greater than 650,000 and fewer than 2 million
residents, according to the most recent federal decennial
census, may enter into agreements with developers relating to
grants, loans, and similar incentives to facilitate affordable
housing within the county. As part of an agreement or in return
for an infrastructure improvement, the county may impose a
restriction on the title of an affordable housing development,
subject to the agreements under this subsection, that
restricts the income level of inhabitants of all or part of the
development. The income restrictions are limited to periods

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not to exceed 15 years. For purposes of deed restrictions, a
county may use the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development fair market rent or other federally
established rent tables to calculate the maximum allowable
rent for units benefiting from grants, financial incentives,
and infrastructure development under the program.
(d) Counties having a population of greater than 750,000
residents and fewer than 2 million residents and counties
having the county executive form of government and a
population of greater than 650,000 and fewer than 2 million
residents, according to the most recent federal decennial
census, may enter into agreements with property owners to
engage in clearance and remediation activities, including the
removal of buildings and improvements, the movement of
structures to other sites, and the remediation of known or
suspected environmental contamination.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.