(310 ILCS 10/8.23)
Sec. 8.23.
Notification to leaseholders of the prospective presence of
individuals with a felony conviction
in
housing authority facilities; eviction.
(a) Immediately upon the receipt of the written notification, from the
Department of Corrections under subsection (c) of Section 3-14-1 of the Unified
Code of Corrections, that an individual with a felony conviction
intends to reside, upon release from custody, at an address that is a housing
facility owned,
managed, operated, or leased by the Authority, the Authority must provide
written notification to the leaseholder residing at
that
address.
(b) The Authority may not evict the leaseholder described in subsection (a)
of
this Section unless (i) federal law prohibits the individual with a felony conviction from residing at a housing
facility owned,
managed, operated, or leased by the Authority and (ii) the Authority proves by a preponderance of the evidence
that
the leaseholder had knowledge of and consents to the individual's
intent to reside at the leaseholder's address.
(Source: P.A. 101-659, eff. 3-23-21.)
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