Illinois Code § 13

§ 13.

Economic crisis or housing market recession. A program created under this Act provides a guarantee only against specifically local adverse housing market conditions within the territory of the program as they may differ from municipal, regional, or national housing conditions. A program shall not provide relief from adverse municipal-wide, regional, or national housing market conditions as they may affect local housing conditions. A program shall not guarantee against a decline in the value of housing due to economic forces such as a national, regional, or municipal recession or depression. In the event of a regional decline in the value of housing in the municipal, regional, or national housing markets, the governing commission may temporarily suspend coverage under the program in order to protect the fiscal integrity of the guarantee fund. For the purposes of this Section, a regional decline in the value of housing is defined as a 5% annual decline in the median value of existing houses in any 12 month period for the nation, midwest region, State of Illinois, or municipality in which the program is located, according to statistics published by the National Association of Realtors. (Source: P.A. 85-1044.)