Centralized listing portal pilot program.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 5-30-030
in effect5-30-030 Centralized listing portal pilot program.
(a) The Department shall develop or partner in the development of an online interface for listing affordable rental units at various properties throughout the City. This Centralized Listing Portal may be developed in partnership with or owned or managed by the City, Illinois Housing Development Authority, or any other appropriate partner chosen by and acceptable to both the Working Group and the Department. Throughout the Pilot Program, the Department will work with alderpeople, applicants, Owners, and the Working Group to identify opportunities to improve the portal’s functionality, informing final recommendations following the Pilot Program. After the Working Group’s work has concluded or the portal is launched, to the extent a formal or informal partnership must be maintained to keep the portal in service in accord with this chapter, the Department shall be the sole contact point with any partner and decision maker.
(b) Pilot Program – Units required to list on the Centralized Listing Portal.
(1) The Owners of all Affordable Housing Units who execute any financing, redevelopment, allocation, regulatory, other agreements associated with City financing with the City after the effective date of this ordinance shall be required to list said units on the Centralized Listing Portal for as long as the Pilot Program or its successor is in existence. The Owner may utilize a designee such as a property manager to meet this listing requirement.
(2) The Owners of all residential rental units subject to the Affordable Requirements Ordinance, including but not limited to those who execute a covenant or other agreement with the City after the effective date of this ordinance related to the property’s requirements under the Affordable Requirements Ordinance, shall be required to list said units on the Centralized Listing Portal for as long as the Pilot Program or its successor is in existence. The Owner may utilize a designee such as a property manager to meet this listing requirement.
(3) The Department will ensure that the Centralized Listing Portal is available and accessible to list other affordable rental units that are not required to, but whose owners desire to, list on the Centralized Listing Portal.
(c) The legal duties of any Owner subject to subsections 5-30-030(b)(1) or (2) or any agreement or property covenant creating substantially similar require-ments shall automatically transfer to the new owner upon any change in ownership of the property. Owners may utilize designees such as property managers to satisfy their responsibilities under this chapter, but the Owners may not transfer the ultimate responsibility for complying with subsections 5-30-030(b)(1) or (2). Owners subject to requirements under this Chapter shall report to the Department quarterly the number of vacan-cies in the City, the turnover time for vacant Affordable Housing Units, and the reasons for any vacancies.
(d) Owners of other affordable rental units not subject to the requirements of subsections 5-30-030(b)(1) or (2) may elect to opt to utilize the Centralized Listing Portal at the discretion of the Department.
(e) The Department shall notify all Owners required to list their properties or units on the Centralized Listing Portal once it is prepared to be opened to applicants and listing Owners. Owners shall have no duty to list on the Centralized Listing Portal until such time.
(Added Coun. J. 5-20-26, p. 43276, § 2)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2703794Fetched: 10/24/2026