The Illinois General Assembly passed the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act in 2003 to help create more affordable housing in the state.
By Lizzie Kane | Chicago Sun*Times Contributor
Suburban communities in Illinois are failing to meet the requirements set out for them in a 22-year-old law aimed at increasing the state’s affordable housing supply.
The Illinois General Assembly passed the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act in 2003 to “address the shortage of affordable, accessible, safe, and sanitary housing,” the law says. It requires eligible municipalities to submit reports to the state every five years, detailing their plans to build more affordable housing units.
A new report found only around a quarter of submissions were compliant, according to Impact for Equity, a nonprofit focused on legal and policy issues in Illinois. All but one of the 44 jurisdictions that need to submit plans are in the Chicago area.
Article excerpt: “A 2021 amendment clarified that home rule municipalities — communities of over 25,000 residents with greater authority over their own governance from the General Assembly and the governor — are required to submit plans under the law. Many communities had previously argued that they didn’t have to comply with the law due to the home rule, the report said.
The communities that didn’t submit plans this year include: Barrington Hills*, Campton Hills, Elmhurst, Inverness, Lake Forest, Oak Brook, Prairie Grove, South Barrington*, Geneva, Hawthorn Woods, Lily Lake, River Forest and Third Lake. The majority of these communities also didn’t submit plans in the last cycle, which was 2020.
The jurisdictions whose plans were noncompliant include: Deerfield, Deer Park*, Frankfort, Glencoe, Glenview, Homer Glen, Lake Bluff, Lakewood, Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, Long Grove, North Barrington, Spring Grove, Timberlane, Tower Lakes*, Wayne, Western Springs, Wilmette and Winnetka.”
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*Two-thirds of BACOG community members didn’t submit plans or their plans were noncompliant. Barrington and Lake Barrington do not appear on the list.
So basically, IL is slapping the wrists of communities that do not want riff raff and illegals living in their towns. Bravo to them. I can tell you first hand that when “affordable” housing is built, all you get is garbage. They say “Affordable Housing” What they really mean is Section 8. I know society has lower income families, I was and still consider myself lower to middle class, because, I don’t spend my money on homes that are $300 – $500+ K . I don’t drive $50k to $100K + cars & trucks and I live in a lower middle class part of town, that doesn’t mean I want Meth and crackhead druggies or gang bangers and Illegals living in my neighborhood either, but for some reason, Most municipalities seem to think neighborhoods like mine are a perfect place to dump these people. How about this. Deport the illegals. Take the Meth, Crack heads and Gang bangers, clean them up, send them to trade school so they can have a skill and some self respect, then build housing in neighborhoods that doesn’t need Section 8. Dumbass politicians, need to have a boot stuffed right up their ass. Why TF do you people keep voting these dumbass Democrats into office???