Bill Text: IL HR0255 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges an investment of $1 billion by the State for affordable housing to be included in the next capital budget.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-07-02 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0255 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0255-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Housing is our State's most important social and | ||||||
3 | economic infrastructure; nearly one in three Illinois families | ||||||
4 | struggles with housing costs; over half of our State's renters | ||||||
5 | need an affordable home, including over half of seniors who | ||||||
6 | rent their homes; we face a critical shortage of an estimated | ||||||
7 | 23,000 supportive housing units for our most vulnerable | ||||||
8 | populations, those who are veterans, disabled, and/or at risk | ||||||
9 | of homelessness; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human | ||||||
11 | Rights recognizes the right to housing as a human right; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Illinois cannot thrive if young adults cannot | ||||||
13 | afford housing and leave Illinois, if businesses leave for | ||||||
14 | states with lower housing costs, and when families struggle to | ||||||
15 | keep a roof over their heads; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The 2009 capital budget set a precedent for | ||||||
17 | investing in housing as infrastructure through an allocation of | ||||||
18 | approximately $145 million for affordable housing; nearly $70 | ||||||
19 | million of these funds were used to create 694 affordable | ||||||
20 | rental homes across the State, leveraging an additional $82.5 | ||||||
21 | million in public and private resources; capital budget dollars | ||||||
22 | allocated towards affordable housing were highly leveraged |
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1 | with private and public money and were extremely impactful in | ||||||
2 | creating jobs, creating housing, broadening the tax base, and | ||||||
3 | creating new economic activity; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Communities across our great State still struggle | ||||||
5 | to provide an adequate supply of affordable homes to our | ||||||
6 | residents; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
8 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
9 | one of the most urgently required, realistic, and important | ||||||
10 | ways to rebuild our State means investing in where our families | ||||||
11 | live; increasing Illinois' stock of affordable housing would | ||||||
12 | give people more reasons to stay here and entice employers and | ||||||
13 | families to relocate here, save money, build wealth, and | ||||||
14 | achieve a middle-class standard of living; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That allocating $1 billion towards affordable | ||||||
16 | housing in the State's next capital budget provides an | ||||||
17 | opportunity for us to make a sizable impact on the housing | ||||||
18 | needs of our communities; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That investment in affordable housing would | ||||||
20 | allow development of homes meeting a wide range of needs, | ||||||
21 | including, but not limited to, affordable homes for working | ||||||
22 | families and seniors, supportive housing for people |
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1 | experiencing homelessness, accessible housing for people with | ||||||
2 | disabilities, and affordable memory care homes for people with | ||||||
3 | Alzheimer's disease; homeownership could be supported by | ||||||
4 | rehabbing vacant and abandoned properties; and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That investment would be used across the State in | ||||||
6 | urban, suburban, and rural communities to rebuild | ||||||
7 | neighborhoods, create new jobs, attract new investment, and | ||||||
8 | broaden the property tax base; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That with $1 billion in capital budget funds we | ||||||
10 | could build 10,000 affordable rental homes for working | ||||||
11 | families, seniors, veterans, and people who need supportive | ||||||
12 | housing, create 16,000 jobs in the first year alone, and | ||||||
13 | generate $755 million in taxes and other revenue for local | ||||||
14 | governments and $3.9 billion in local income for businesses and | ||||||
15 | workers over the course of 15 years; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That this investment would provide resources to | ||||||
17 | meet the goals of the Comprehensive Housing Planning Act (310 | ||||||
18 | ILCS 110), which is to maintain the economic health of our | ||||||
19 | communities by requiring a comprehensive and unified policy for | ||||||
20 | the allocation of resources for affordable housing and | ||||||
21 | supportive services for historically underserved populations | ||||||
22 | throughout the State; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | delivered to the offices of the Governor, the Capital | ||||||
3 | Development Board, the Housing Development Authority, the | ||||||
4 | Department of Human Services, the Department of | ||||||
5 | Transportation, the Department on Aging, the Department of | ||||||
6 | Children and Family Services, the Department of Corrections, | ||||||
7 | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the | ||||||
8 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the | ||||||
9 | Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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