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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5484 Introduced , by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Creates the Climate-Safe Affordable Housing Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, the Illinois State Water Survey of the University of Illinois, and other State, regional, and local storm water management agencies, thought leaders, and interested parties as the Director of Natural Resources deems appropriate, to submit, to the General Assembly and the Governor, a report that reviews and evaluates the latest available information, research, laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and institutional knowledge concerning climate-safe affordable housing. Details information upon which the recommendations are based. Defines term. Effective immediately. |
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| | HB5484 | | LRB103 36616 JAG 66725 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning housing.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
5 | | Climate-Safe Affordable Housing Act.
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6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
7 | | "Affordable housing" has the meaning given in the Illinois |
8 | | Affordable Housing Act. |
9 | | "Climate-safe affordable housing" means affordable housing |
10 | | that is: |
11 | | (1) constructed to be resistant to the natural hazards |
12 | | identified in the State natural hazard mitigation plan; |
13 | | and |
14 | | (2) not located in an area zoned as a special flood |
15 | | hazard area, a non-special flood hazard area that is |
16 | | moderate-to-low risk, an area of undetermined flood |
17 | | hazard, or an area that is predicted to be located in one |
18 | | of the aforementioned areas when climate change is |
19 | | considered.
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20 | | Section 10. Climate-Safe Affordable Housing Study. By June |
21 | | 30, 2025, the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation |
22 | | with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Illinois |