Public Act 93-0242
HB1529 Enrolled LRB093 07895 DRJ 08085 b
AN ACT in relation to housing.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by
changing Section 8.22 as follows:
(310 ILCS 10/8.22)
Sec. 8.22. Determination of income.
(a) Exclusions from income. In determining the income of
a tenant for the purpose of determining rent, the Housing
Authority shall exclude the following as provided in
subsection (b):
(i) The amount of any income received by the tenant
as a result of anti-drug, anti-crime, and related
security initiatives conducted by the Housing Authority.
Any activities or income excluded under this subdivision
(i) must first be certified by the Housing Authority.
(ii) Any income earned by a tenant during the first
12 18 consecutive months of employment, which follow a
period of unemployment of 12 6 or more consecutive months
if:
(A) a period of unemployment of 12 or more
consecutive months or the income received within the
12 months prior to employment is less than 10 hours
of work per week at the established minimum wage; or
(B) the income earned during those 12 months
is received as a result of the tenant's
participation in any economic self-sufficiency or
other job training program; or
(C) the income earned during those 12 months
is earned by a tenant due to new employment or
increased earnings, during or within 6 months after
receiving assistance under a State program for
temporary assistance for needy families funded under
Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 601 and following), provided that the total
amount of earned income received by the tenant
within the previous 6 months was at least $500.
(b) Procedure for excluding income.
(i) Initial 12-month exclusion. Beginning on the
first date the tenant is employed or the first date the
tenant's family experiences an increase in annual income
as determined under subdivision (a)(ii) of this Section,
the Housing Authority must exclude the increase in annual
income for each month in which the increase is received,
but not for more than 12 months.
(ii) Second 12-month exclusion and phase-out. After
the initial 12-month exclusion period under subdivision
(b)(i) of this Section, the Housing Authority must
exclude, for each month in which the increase in income
is received, but not for more than 12 months, 50% of the
increase in the annual income that is received due to the
tenant's employment or the tenant's family experiencing
an increase in annual income under subdivision (a)(ii).
(iii) Maximum 48-month period for exclusions. The
exclusion of increases in income of an individual family
member as provided in subdivision (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of
this Section is limited to a lifetime 48-month period.
The exclusion applies for a maximum of 12 months for the
exclusion under subdivision (b)(i) and a maximum of 12
months for the exclusion under subdivision (b)(ii),
during the 48-month period starting with the beginning of
the initial exclusion period under subdivision (b)(i),
which immediately follows 12 or more months of
unemployment.
(c) Inapplicability of income exclusions to admission
process. The exclusion of increases in income as a result of
employment under this Section for the purpose of determining
rent does not apply for purposes of determining eligibility
for admission to the program (including determinations of
income eligibility and income targeting).
(Source: P.A. 88-220; 89-322, eff. 1-1-96.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.