Bill Text: IL HB5198 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act. Requires non-exempt local governments to provide residents with notice and the opportunity for comment at a public hearing prior to adopting an affordable housing plan. Requires a non-exempt local government to provide proof of its compliance with the notice and public hearing requirements when it submits a copy of its affordable housing plan to the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Expands the list of information that must be provided in the affordable housing plan to include, (i) an identification of "specific lands" (rather than "lands") within the jurisdiction that are most appropriate for the construction of affordable housing, (ii) proposed timelines to commence "specific actions and deadlines" (rather than "actions") to implement the components of the affordable housing plan, and (iii) incentives, including certain measures to address the need for affordable housing, that the local government may provide for the purpose of attracting affordable housing. In a provision permitting certain persons to appeal a local government's denial of a proposed affordable housing plan, expands the list to include a service provider that is under contract to provide services for potential residents of a proposed supportive housing project or community-integrated living arrangement that is included in the proposed affordable housing plan. Contains provisions concerning final actions or decisions by the governing body of the local government on the proposed affordable housing plans; appeal procedures and timelines; and other matters. Expands the Illinois Housing Development Authority's rulemaking authority to include the adoption of rules and regulations concerning the substance of affordable housing plans consistent with the changes made in the amendatory Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 47)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2026-10-29 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [HB5198 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5198-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning housing.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act
is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50, and
60 as follows:
(310 ILCS 67/5)
Sec. 5. Findings. The legislature finds and declares that:
(1) there exists a shortage of affordable, accessible,
safe, and sanitary housing in the State;
(2) it is imperative that action be taken to ensure
assure the availability of housing for the State's
workforce, retired persons, and low-income and
moderate-income households, including households that have
persons with disabilities and retirement housing;
(3) it is necessary for local governments in the State
that do not have sufficient affordable housing are
encouraged to assist in providing affordable housing
opportunities to ensure assure the health, safety, and
welfare of all citizens of the State;
(4) increasing the inventory and affordability of
housing choices for people earning between 80% and 140% of
household the area median income, termed the missing

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middle, also helps preserve affordable housing, prevents
homelessness, and encourages investment in more inclusive,
mixed-income communities throughout the State; and
(5) studying the inventory and affordability gaps that
affect the missing middle is also crucial to ensuring
workforce and retirement housing in the State.
(Source: P.A. 104-319, eff. 1-1-26.)
(310 ILCS 67/10)
Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to encourage
counties and municipalities to incorporate affordable housing
within their housing stock sufficient to meet the needs of
their county or community. Further, affordable housing
developers who believe that they have been unfairly treated
due to the fact that a proposed the development contains
affordable housing may seek relief from local ordinances and
regulations that may inhibit the construction of affordable
housing needed to serve low-income and moderate-income
households in this State.
(Source: P.A. 93-595, eff. 1-1-04.)
(310 ILCS 67/15)
Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Affordable housing" means housing that has a value or
cost or rental amount that is within the means of a household
that may occupy moderate-income or low-income housing. In the

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case of owner-occupied dwelling units, housing that is
affordable means housing in which mortgage, amortization,
taxes, insurance, and condominium or association fees, if any,
constitute no more than 30% of the gross annual household
income for a household of the size that may occupy the unit. In
the case of dwelling units for rent, housing that is
affordable means housing for which the rent and utilities
constitute no more than 30% of the gross annual household
income for a household of the size that may occupy the unit. In
the case of dwelling units for rent, the costs of any required
parking, maintenance, or landlord-imposed fees are to be
included in the calculation of affordable housing if available
from the U.S. Census Bureau.
"Affordable housing developer" means a nonprofit entity,
limited equity cooperative or public agency, or private
individual, firm, corporation, or other entity seeking to
build an affordable housing development.
"Affordable housing development" means (i) any housing
that is subsidized by the federal or State government or (ii)
any housing in which at least 20% of the dwelling units are
subject to covenants or restrictions that require that the
dwelling units be sold or rented at prices that preserve them
as affordable housing for a period of at least 15 years, in the
case of owner-occupied housing, and at least 30 years, in the
case of rental housing.
"Approving authority" means the governing body of the

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county or municipality.
"Area median household income" means the median household
income adjusted for family size for applicable income limit
areas as determined annually by the federal Department of
Housing and Urban Development under Section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937.
"Community-integrated living arrangement" has the meaning
ascribed to that term in Section 3 of the Community-Integrated
Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act.
"Community land trust" means a private, not-for-profit
corporation organized exclusively for charitable, cultural,
and other purposes and created to acquire and own land for the
benefit of the local government, including the creation and
preservation of affordable housing.
"Development" means any building, construction,
renovation, or excavation or any material change in any
structure or land, or change in the use of such structure or
land, that results in a net increase in the number of dwelling
units in a structure or on a parcel of land by more than one
dwelling unit.
"Exempt local government" means any local government in
which at least 25% 10% of its total year-round housing units
are affordable, as determined by the Illinois Housing
Development Authority in accordance with Section 20, or any
municipality with a population under 2,000 1,000.
"Household" means the person or persons occupying a

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dwelling unit.
"Housing organization" means a trade or industry group
engaged in the construction or management of housing units, or
a nonprofit organization whose mission includes providing or
advocating for increased access to housing for low or
moderate-income households.
"Housing trust fund" means a separate fund, either within
a local government or between local governments pursuant to
intergovernmental agreement, established solely for the
purposes authorized in subsection (d) of Section 25,
including, without limitation, the holding and disbursing of
financial resources to address the affordable housing needs of
individuals or households that may occupy low-income or
moderate-income housing.
"Local government" means a county or municipality.
"Low-income housing" means housing that is affordable,
according to the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development, for either home ownership or rental, and that is
occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by households
with a gross household income that does not exceed 50% of the
area median household income.
"Moderate-income housing" means housing that is
affordable, according to the federal Department of Housing and
Urban Development, for either home ownership or rental, and
that is occupied, reserved, or marketed for occupancy by
households with a gross household income that is greater than

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50% but does not exceed 80% of the area median household
income.
"Non-appealable local government requirements" means all
essential requirements that protect the public health and
safety, including any local building, electrical, fire, or
plumbing code requirements or those requirements that are
critical to the protection or preservation of the environment.
"Special needs populations" means the special needs
populations described in subsection (e) of Section 8 of the
Illinois Affordable Housing Act.
"Supportive housing" means permanent or transitional
housing with access to the needed supportive services which
enable special needs populations to live as independently as
possible.
(Source: P.A. 102-175, eff. 7-29-21; 103-487, eff. 1-1-24.)
(310 ILCS 67/20)
Sec. 20. Determination of exempt local governments.
(a) Beginning October 1, 2028 2004, the Illinois Housing
Development Authority shall determine which local governments
are exempt and not exempt from the operation of this Act based
on an identification of the total number of year-round housing
units in the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau for
each local government within the State and by an inventory of
owner-occupied and rental affordable housing units, as defined
in this Act, for each local government from the U.S. Census

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Bureau and other relevant sources.
(b) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall make
this determination by:
(i) totaling the number of owner-occupied housing
units in each local government that are affordable to
households with a gross household income that is less than
80% of the median household income within the county or
primary metropolitan statistical area;
(ii) totaling the number of rental units in each local
government that are affordable to households with a gross
household income that is less than 60% of the median
household income within the county or primary metropolitan
statistical area;
(iii) adding the number of owner-occupied and rental
units for each local government from items (i) and (ii);
and
(iv) dividing the sum of (iii) above by the total
number of year-round housing units in the local government
as contained in the latest U.S. Census Bureau and
multiplying the result by 100 to determine the percentage
of affordable housing units within the jurisdiction of the
local government.
(c) The Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 98th General Assembly, the Illinois Housing
Development Authority shall publish a list of exempt and
non-exempt local governments and the data that it used to

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calculate its determination at least once every 5 years. The
data shall be shown for each local government in the State and
for the State as a whole. Upon publishing a list of exempt and
non-exempt local governments, the Illinois Housing Development
Authority shall notify a local government that it is not
exempt from the operation of this Act and provide to it the
data used to calculate its determination.
(d) A local government or developer of affordable housing
may appeal the determination of the Illinois Housing
Development Authority as to whether the local government is
exempt or non-exempt under this Act in connection with an
appeal under Section 30 of this Act.
(e) Additionally, the Illinois Housing Development
Authority shall make the following calculations:
(i) totaling the number of owner-occupied housing
units in each local government that are affordable to
households with a gross household income that is at or
below 30% of the median household income within the county
or primary metropolitan statistical area;
(ii) totaling the number of rental units in each local
government that are affordable to households with a gross
household income that is at or below 30% of the median
household income within the county or primary metropolitan
statistical area;
(iii) adding the number of owner-occupied and rental
units for each local government from items (i) and (ii);

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(iv) dividing the sum of (iii) above by the total
number of year-round housing units in the local government
as contained in the latest U.S. Census Bureau and
multiplying the result by 100 to determine the percentage
of extremely low-income affordable housing units within
the jurisdiction of the local government;
(v) totaling the number of owner-occupied housing
units in each local government that are affordable to
households with a gross household income that is between
80% and 140% of the median household income within the
county or primary metropolitan statistical area;
(vi) totaling the number of rental units in each local
government that are affordable to households with a gross
household income that is between 60% and 80% of the median
household income within the county or primary metropolitan
statistical area;
(vii) totaling the number of rental units in each
local government that are affordable to households with a
gross household income that is between 80% and 140% of the
median household income within the county or primary
metropolitan statistical area;
(viii) adding the number of owner-occupied and rental
units for each local government from items (v), (vi), and
(vii); and
(ix) dividing the sum of (viii) above by the total
number of year-round housing units in the local government

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as contained in the latest U.S. Census Bureau and
multiplying the result by 100 to determine the percentage
of affordable middle housing units within the jurisdiction
of the local government.
(f) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 104th General Assembly, the Illinois Housing
Development Authority shall publish the data collected under
paragraphs (i) through (ix) of subsection (e). The data shall
be shown for each local government in the State and for the
State as a whole and shall be published at least once every 5
years. The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall also
compile the collected data into a report and submit the report
to the General Assembly.
(g) The data collected under subsection (e) shall be for
informational purposes only and shall not factor into the
determination of exempt local governments.
(Source: P.A. 104-319, eff. 1-1-26.)
(310 ILCS 67/25)
Sec. 25. Affordable housing plan.
(a) Prior to April 1, 2005, all non-exempt local
governments must approve an affordable housing plan. Any local
government that is determined by the Illinois Housing
Development Authority under Section 20 to be non-exempt for
the first time based on the recalculation of U.S. Census
Bureau data after 2010 shall have 18 months from the date of

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notification of its non-exempt status to approve an affordable
housing plan under this Act. A non-exempt local government
must provide On and after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, an affordable
housing plan, or any revision thereof, shall not be adopted by
a non-exempt local government until notice to residents and
the opportunity for comment at a public hearing in accordance
with the Open Meetings Act prior to adopting its affordable
housing plan have first been afforded.
(b) For the purposes of this Act, the affordable housing
plan shall consist of at least the following:
(i) a statement of the total number of affordable
housing units that are necessary to exempt the local
government from the operation of this Act as defined in
Section 15 and Section 20;
(ii) an identification of specific lands within the
jurisdiction that are most appropriate for the
construction of affordable housing and of existing
structures most appropriate for conversion to, or
rehabilitation for, affordable housing, including a
consideration of affordable housing for both
owner-occupied dwelling units and dwelling units for rent,
lands and structures of developers who have expressed a
commitment to provide affordable housing, and lands and
structures that are publicly or semi-publicly owned;
(iii) incentives, including, but not limited to, the

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measures outlined in subsection (d), that the local
government intends to local governments may provide for
the purpose of attracting affordable housing to its their
jurisdiction;
(iv) a description of any housing market conditions,
infrastructure limitations, local government ordinances,
including zoning and land use ordinances, local government
policies or practices that do not affirmatively further
fair housing as defined in the federal Fair Housing Act,
and other factors that may constrain the local
government's ability to create and preserve affordable
housing;
(v) a plan or potential strategies to eliminate or
mitigate the these constraints identified in item (iv);
(vi) one or more of the following goals: a minimum of
15% of all new development or redevelopment within the
local government that would be defined as affordable
housing in this Act; a minimum of a 5 percentage point
increase in the overall percentage of affordable housing
within its jurisdiction, as described in subsection (b) of
Section 20 of this Act; or a minimum of a total of 25% 10%
affordable housing within its jurisdiction as described in
subsection (b) of Section 20 of this Act. These goals may
be met, in whole or in part, through the creation of
affordable housing units under intergovernmental
agreements as described in subsection (e) of this Section;

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and
(vii) proposed timelines, to commence, within the
first 24 months after the date upon which the affordable
housing plan was adopted, for specific actions and
deadlines to implement the components of the affordable
housing plan.
Local governments that have previously been determined as
a non-exempt municipality and that have submitted an
affordable housing plan shall also include a summary of
actions taken to implement the previously submitted plan, as
well as a summary of progress made toward achieving the goals
of the plan.
To comply with the affordable housing plan requirements,
no later than 4 years after adopting or updating an affordable
housing plan the local government shall submit a report to the
Illinois Housing Development Authority summarizing actions
taken to implement the current plan.
(c) Within 60 days after the adoption of an affordable
housing plan or revisions to its affordable housing plan, the
local government must submit a copy of that plan to the
Illinois Housing Development Authority. The non-exempt local
government shall provide proof of compliance with the notice
and other requirements described in subsection (a) as part of
its submission.
(d) In order to promote the goals of this Act and to
maximize the creation, establishment, or preservation of

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affordable housing throughout the State of Illinois, a local
government, whether exempt or non-exempt under this Act, may
adopt the following measures to address the need for
affordable housing:
(1) Local governments may individually or jointly
create or participate in a housing trust fund or otherwise
provide whole or partial funding or support for the
purpose of supporting affordable housing, including,
without limitation, to support the following affordable
housing activities:
(A) Housing production, including, without
limitation, new construction, rehabilitation, and
adaptive re-use.
(B) Acquisition, including, without limitation, of
lands land, single-family homes, multi-unit buildings,
and other existing structures that may be used in
whole or in part for residential use.
(C) Rental payment assistance.
(D) Home-ownership purchase assistance.
(E) Preservation of existing affordable housing,
including home modifications to support accessibility.
(F) Weatherization.
(G) Emergency repairs.
(H) Housing related support services, including
homeownership education and financial counseling.
(I) Grants or loans to not-for-profit

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organizations engaged in addressing the affordable
housing needs of low-income and moderate-income
households.
(J) Participation in affordable housing special
assessment programs as authorized under Section 15-178
of the Property Tax Code.
Local governments may authorize housing trust funds to
accept and utilize funds, property, and other resources
from all proper and lawful public and private sources so
long as those funds are used solely for addressing the
affordable housing needs of individuals or households that
may occupy low-income or moderate-income housing.
(2) A local government may create a community land
trust, which may: acquire developed or undeveloped
interests in real property and hold them for affordable
housing purposes; convey such interests under long-term
leases, including ground leases; convey such interests for
affordable housing purposes; and retain an option to
reacquire any such real property interests at a price
determined by a formula ensuring that such interests may
be utilized for affordable housing purposes.
(3) A local government may use its zoning powers to
require the creation and preservation of affordable
housing as authorized under Section 5-12001 of the
Counties Code and Section 11-13-1 of the Illinois
Municipal Code.

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(4) A local government may accept donations of money
or land for the purpose of addressing the affordable
housing needs of individuals or households that may occupy
low-income or moderate-income housing. These donations may
include, without limitation, donations of money or land
from persons, as long as the donations are demonstrably
used to preserve, create, or subsidize low-income housing
or moderate-income housing within the jurisdiction.
(e) In order to encourage regional cooperation and the
maximum creation of affordable housing in areas lacking such
housing in the State of Illinois, any non-exempt local
government may enter into intergovernmental agreements under
subsection (e) of Section 25 with local governments within 10
miles of its corporate boundaries in order to create
affordable housing units to meet the goals of this Act. A
non-exempt local government may not enter into an
intergovernmental agreement, however, with any local
government that contains more than 25% affordable housing as
determined under Section 20 of this Act. All intergovernmental
agreements entered into to create affordable housing units to
meet the goals of this Act must also specify the basis for
determining how many of the affordable housing units created
will be credited to each local government participating in the
agreement for purposes of complying with this Act. All
intergovernmental agreements entered into to create affordable
housing units to meet the goals of this Act must also specify

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the anticipated number of newly created affordable housing
units that are to be credited to each local government
participating in the agreement for purposes of complying with
this Act. In specifying how many affordable housing units will
be credited to each local government, the same affordable
housing unit may not be counted by more than one local
government.
(f) To enforce compliance with the provisions of this
Section, and to encourage local governments to submit their
affordable housing plans to the Illinois Housing Development
Authority in a timely manner, the Illinois Housing Development
Authority shall notify any local government and may notify the
Office of the Attorney General that the local government is in
violation of State law if the Illinois Housing Development
Authority finds that the affordable housing plan submitted is
not in substantial compliance with this Section or that the
local government failed to submit an affordable housing plan.
The Attorney General may enforce this provision of the Act by
an action for mandamus or injunction or by means of other
appropriate relief.
(g) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall post
each affordable housing plan submitted by a local government
on the Illinois Housing Development Authority's website.
(Source: P.A. 102-175, eff. 7-29-21; 103-487, eff. 1-1-24.)
(310 ILCS 67/30)

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Sec. 30. Appeal to State Housing Appeals Board.
(a) (Blank).
(b) (Blank).
(b-5) Any Beginning January 1, 2026, any of the following
parties may file an appeal as an appellant to the State Housing
Appeals Board against a non-exempt municipality if the
proposed affordable housing development was denied by the
municipality, or approved with conditions that in the
appellant's judgment render the provision of affordable
housing infeasible:
(1) the affordable housing developer of the proposed
affordable housing development;
(2) a person who would be eligible to apply for
residency in the proposed affordable housing development;
or
(3) a housing organization whose geographic focus area
includes the municipality, or county if in an
unincorporated area, where the proposed affordable housing
development is located; or .
(4) a service provider that is under contract to
provide services for potential residents of a proposed
supportive housing project or community-integrated living
arrangement that otherwise meets this Act's definition of
"affordable housing development".
Appeals must be filed within 45 days after the final
action or decision by the municipality. The appellant must

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submit information regarding why the appellant believes the
affordable housing development was unfairly denied or
unreasonable conditions were placed upon the tentative
approval of the development. In the case of local governments
that are determined by the Illinois Housing Development
Authority under Section 20 to be non-exempt for the first time
based on the recalculation of U.S. Census Bureau data after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
Assembly, no appellant may appeal to the State Housing Appeals
Board until 6 months after a local government has been
notified of its non-exempt status.
(b-6) A final action or decision of an approving authority
may include, but is not limited to:
(1) voting to formally deny a proposal;
(2) denying land use approvals or entitlements
necessary for the issuing of a building permit;
(3) refusing to take final legislative or
administrative action;
(4) determining an application incomplete which
complies with all criteria as specified by local land use
codes; or
(5) rendering a proposal financially infeasible by
imposing conditions or fees which are not required by
local land use codes or extensive delay which causes a
source of funding to expire.
(c) The Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory

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Act of the 98th General Assembly, the Board shall, whenever
possible, render a decision on the appeal within 120 days
after the appeal is filed. The Board may extend the time by
which it will render a decision where circumstances outside
the Board's control make it infeasible for the Board to render
a decision within 120 days. In any proceeding before the
Board, the local government appellant bears the burden of
demonstrating by the preponderance of the evidence that:
(1) the denial, or approval with conditions, of the
proposed affordable housing development is necessary to
protect substantial public interests regarding health and
safety; (i) has been unfairly denied or (ii) has had
unreasonable conditions placed upon it by the decision of
the local government.
(2) the public interests implicated clearly outweigh
the need for affordable housing; and
(3) the public interests cannot be protected through
reasonable modification to the affordable housing
proposal.
(c-5) The Board shall take into consideration the failure
to submit a compliant affordable housing plan in connection
with any appeal before the Board.
(d) The Board shall dismiss any appeal if:
(i) the local government has adopted an affordable
housing plan as defined in Section 25 of this Act and
submitted that plan to the Illinois Housing Development

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Authority within the time frame required by this Act; and
(ii) the local government has implemented its
affordable housing plan and has met its goal as
established in its affordable housing plan as defined in
Section 25 of this Act.
(e) The Board shall dismiss any appeal if the reason for
denying the application or placing conditions upon the
approval is a non-appealable local government requirement
under Section 15 of this Act.
(f) The Board may affirm, reverse, or modify the
conditions of, or add conditions to, a decision made by the
approving authority. The decision of the Board constitutes an
order directed to the approving authority and is binding on
the local government.
(g) The Appellate Court appellate court has the exclusive
jurisdiction to review decisions of the Board. Any appeal to
the Appellate Court of a final ruling by the State Housing
Appeals Board may be heard only in the Appellate Court for the
District in which the local government involved in the appeal
is located. The Appellate Court appellate court shall apply
the "clearly erroneous" standard when reviewing such appeals.
An appeal of a final ruling of the Board shall be filed within
35 days after the Board's decision and in all respects shall be
in accordance with Section 3-113 of the Code of Civil
Procedure.
(h) The Board shall award reasonable attorney's fees and

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costs of appeal to the appellant; however, the Board shall not
award attorney's fees if it determines, under extraordinary
circumstances, that awarding attorney's fees would not further
the purposes of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-487, eff. 1-1-24.)
(310 ILCS 67/50)
Sec. 50. Housing Appeals Board.
(a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 103rd General Assembly, the Housing Appeals Board
consists of 7 members appointed by the Governor as follows:
(1) a retired circuit judge, a retired appellate
judge, a current or retired administrative law judge, or a
practicing or retired attorney with experience in the area
of land use law or related field, who shall act as
chairperson;
(2) 4 members selected from among the following
categories:
(A) county or municipal zoning board of appeals
members;
(B) county or municipal planning board members;
(C) a mayor or municipal council or board member;
(D) a county board member;
(3) an affordable housing developer; and
(4) an affordable housing advocate.
In addition, the Chairman of the Illinois Housing

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Development Authority, ex officio, shall serve as a non-voting
member. At least 2 of the appointments under paragraph (2)
shall be from a local government that is non-exempt under this
Act.
(b) Initial terms of 4 members designated by the Governor
under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall
be for 2 years. Initial terms of 3 members designated by the
Governor under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
Assembly shall be for one year. Thereafter, members shall be
appointed for terms of 2 years. After a member's term expires,
the member shall continue to serve until a successor is
appointed. There shall be no limit to the number of terms an
appointee may serve. A member shall receive no compensation
for his or her services, but shall be reimbursed by the State
for all reasonable expenses actually and necessarily incurred
in the performance of his or her official duties. The Board
shall hear all petitions for review filed under this Act and
shall conduct all hearings in accordance with the rules and
regulations established by the chairperson. The Illinois
Housing Development Authority shall provide space and clerical
and other assistance that the Board may require.
(c) (Blank).
(d) To the extent possible, any vacancies in the Housing
Appeals Board shall be filled within 90 days of the vacancy.
(e) (Blank). The terms of members serving before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General

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Assembly expire on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 103rd General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 102-175, eff. 7-29-21; 103-487, eff. 1-1-24.)
(310 ILCS 67/60)
Sec. 60. Rulemaking authority. The Illinois Housing
Development Authority shall adopt other rules and regulations
as needed to carry out the Board's responsibilities under this
Act and to provide direction to local governments, and
affordable housing developers, and other appellants. This
includes, but is not limited to, rules and regulations
concerning the substance of affordable housing plans as
described in Section 25.
(Source: P.A. 94-303, eff. 7-21-05.)