Housing and Local Land Use Authority

In February, the Governor presented the Building Up Illinois Developments (BUILD) agenda, which includes proposals to aggressively preempt local zoning, in attempt to address housing supply and affordability. The Northwest Municipal Conference (NWMC) is committed to the objective of addressing housing shortages; however, the Conference encourages state lawmakers to resist top-down, one-size-fits-all efforts to preempt local land use and zoning authority.

The BUILD agenda consists of the following bills:
 

• HB 5626 (Rep. Kam Buckner): Housing Omnibus
• SB 4060 (Sen. Mattie Hunter): Legalizing Middle Housing
• SB 4061 (Sen. Sara Feigenholtz): Single Stair Reform
• SB 4062 (Sen. Cristina Castro): Impact Fee Modernization
• SB 4063 (Sen. Laura Ellman): Third Party Review
• SB 4064 (Sen. Javier L. Cervantes): Parking Reform

To learn more about the BUILD agenda, please visit the following resources:

• Elrod Friedman Client Alerts
• Ancel Glink Municipal Minute
• Ancel Glink Quorum Forum Podcast
• Illinois Municipal League: Preserve Municipal Housing Authority