Illinois Housing Development Authority v. Van Meter

The circuit court of Sangamon County declared valid an amendment to the Illinois Housing Development Act (amendment) which authorized the issuance of municipal bonds by plaintiff, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (Authority), to raise low-interest mortgage money. The court issued a writ of mandamus ordering defendant, A. D. Van Meter, Jr., as chairman of the Authority, to execute a notice of sale of bonds and to take all action necessary to issue the bonds.

The Authority was created in 1967 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 671/2, par. 301 et seq.) to remedy what the legislature found to be…