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County planning staff seek state tax credit to boost affordable housing production
Summary
Lake County planning staff asked the Legislative Committee to include monitoring and support for a proposed Illinois state housing tax credit program and to track recommendations from the governor’s missing‑middle housing report that could produce near‑term bills.
County planning and community development staff asked the Legislative Committee to add two housing-related items to Lake County’s 2026 legislative program: (1) monitor and respond to follow-on legislation from the governor’s ad‑hoc Missing Middle Housing Solutions report, and (2) evaluate a proposed state-level housing tax credit that would mimic the federal low‑income housing tax credit (LIHTC) to expand financing for affordable rental construction.
Eric Wagner, Planning, Building and Development Director, and Dominic Strazo, Community Development Administrator, briefed the…
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