Illinois Compiled Statutes 310 ILCS 20 — Housing Development and Construction Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Housing Development and Construction Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324; 87-435.)

It is declared as a matter of legislative determination that in order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public, it is necessary in the public interest to provide financial assistance to housing authorities and Land Clearance Commissions for the purpose of facilitating the construction…

Every application for a grant shall be accompanied by a statement of the uses to which a grant is to be applied, a description of the housing conditions in the area of operation of the applicant, and a plan for development or redevelopment or other use to be undertaken by the applicant. Subject to the provisions of Sec…

Application for grants from funds appropriated by the 66th or any succeeding General Assembly shall be made not later than June 30th of the year following the year in which such appropriation was enacted. Each such application shall be reviewed by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as provided in Secti…

In any municipality or county for which a Land Clearance Commission has been established, and for which no Housing Authority has been established, the Land Clearance Commission, if a recipient of state grants under this Act, may, subject to the approval of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, exercise t…

Grants paid to Land Clearance Commissions pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in a separate fund

Grants paid to Land Clearance Commissions pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in a separate fund. If any such Land Clearance Commission has received state or municipal grants under the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947 (repealed) prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembl…

Any grants paid hereunder to a housing authority shall be deposited in a separate fund and, subject to the approval of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, may be used for any or all of the following purposes as the needs of the community may require: the acquisition of land by purchase, gift or condemn…

Eminent domain

Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

No applications for grants shall be approved within a period of thirty days after the effective date of this Act

No applications for grants shall be approved within a period of thirty days after the effective date of this Act. In the event an allocation is made to a housing authority prior to the formation of a Land Clearance Commission for the same municipality, or to a Land Clearance Commission prior to the formation of a housi…

No housing authority or land clearance commission shall reinvest or use any funds arising from the rental or sale of any property acquired with funds granted pursuant to this Act except with the approval of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

Upon a change of the territorial boundaries of a body to which a grant has been made, such funds as remain from such grant shall be re-allocated on the basis of population

Upon a change of the territorial boundaries of a body to which a grant has been made, such funds as remain from such grant shall be re-allocated on the basis of population. (Source: Laws 1947, p. 1086.)

In the event that any housing authority or land clearance commission has failed or refused to initiate any project or projects for which it has received grants of State funds under the provisions of this Act or "An Act to promote the improvement of housing," approved July 26, 1945, and the Department of Commerce and Ec…