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This bill mandates that any municipality in Illinois that adopts zoning regulations must include at least five out of fourteen specified housing strategies within those regulations, and these strategies must apply to the majority of areas where residential development is permitted. These strategies aim to encourage housing development by allowing for higher density housing options, reducing or eliminating parking requirements and impact fees, permitting accessory dwelling units (ADUs), allowing single-room occupancy developments, reducing lot size and setback requirements, increasing building height limits, and enabling multiunit or mixed-use developments in various commercial zones. If a municipality has already adopted one of these strategies before the bill becomes law, it will be considered compliant. However, if a single adopted strategy fulfills the criteria for two or more of the listed strategies, it will only count as one towards meeting the minimum requirement.

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5223&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104