Section 310 ILCS 10/8.4a - Additional powersIn addition to powers conferred by this Act and other laws concerning housing authorities, generally, an Authority for a municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000 may do any of the following:
(a) Issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the construction, equipping, or rehabilitation or refinancing of multifamily rental housing and for the provision of capital improvements in connection with and determined necessary to the multifamily rental housing located within the municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000.(b) Make or undertake commitments to make loans to finance the construction, equipping, or rehabilitation or refinancing of multifamily rental housing located within the municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000.(c) Purchase or undertake, directly or indirectly through lending institutions, commitments to purchase, construction loans, and mortgage loans originated in accordance with a financing agreement with the Authority to finance the construction, equipping, or rehabilitation or refinancing of multifamily rental housing located within the municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000, or make loans to lending institutions under terms and conditions which, in addition to other provisions determined by the Authority, shall require the lending institutions to use the net proceeds of the loans for the making, directly or indirectly, of construction loans or mortgage loans to finance the construction, equipping, rehabilitation or refinancing of multifamily rental housing located within the municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000. P.A. 92-481, eff. 8/23/2001.