IHDA-FORECLOSURE PREVENTION

Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that an approved community-based organization that is a legal services provider may not use Foreclosure Prevention funds to provide legal representation or advice in a civil proceeding or court-sponsored mediation services. In the definition of "approved community-based organization", provides that a governmental agency is not an approved community-based organization (rather than "approved community-based organization" does not include a not-for-profit corporation or other entity or person that provides legal representation or advice in a civil proceeding or court-sponsored mediation services, or a governmental agency). Includes, in the definition of "approved foreclosure prevention outreach program", a program developed by an approved community-based organization that includes telephone contact with residents and a program to provide education about the options of a tenant living in a property undergoing foreclosure. Effective immediately.