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1 AN ACT in relation to housing.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by
5 changing Section 8.22 as follows:
6 (310 ILCS 10/8.22)
7 Sec. 8.22. Determination of income.
8 (a) Exclusions from income. In determining the income of
9 a tenant for the purpose of determining rent, the Housing
10 Authority shall exclude the following as provided in
11 subsection (b):
12 (i) The amount of any income received by the tenant
13 as a result of anti-drug, anti-crime, and related
14 security initiatives conducted by the Housing Authority.
15 Any activities or income excluded under this subdivision
16 (i) must first be certified by the Housing Authority.
17 (ii) Any income earned by a tenant during the first
18 12 18 consecutive months of employment, which follow a
19 period of unemployment of 12 6 or more consecutive months
20 if:
21 (A) a period of unemployment of 12 or more
22 consecutive months or the income received within the
23 12 months prior to employment is less than 10 hours
24 of work per week at the established minimum wage; or
25 (B) the income earned during those 12 months
26 is received as a result of the tenant's
27 participation in any economic self-sufficiency or
28 other job training program; or
29 (C) the income earned during those 12 months
30 is earned by a tenant due to new employment or
31 increased earnings, during or within 6 months after
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1 receiving assistance under a state program for
2 temporary assistance for needy families funded under
3 Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42
4 U.S.C. 601 and following), provided that the total
5 amount of earned income received by the tenant
6 within the previous 6 months was at least $500.
7 (b) Procedure for excluding income.
8 (i) Initial 12-month exclusion. Beginning on the
9 first date the tenant is employed or the first date the
10 tenant's family experiences an increase in annual income
11 as determined under subdivision (a)(ii) of this Section,
12 the Housing Authority must exclude the increase in annual
13 income for each month in which the increase is received,
14 but not for more than 12 months.
15 (ii) Second 12-month exclusion and phase-out. After
16 the initial 12-month exclusion period under subdivision
17 (b)(i) of this Section, the Housing Authority must
18 exclude, for each month in which the increase in income
19 is received, but not for more than 12 months, 50% of the
20 increase in the annual income that is received due to the
21 tenant's employment or the tenant's family experiencing
22 an increase in annual income under subdivision (a)(ii).
23 (iii) Maximum 48-month period for exclusions. The
24 exclusion of increases in income of an individual family
25 member as provided in subdivision (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of
26 this Section is limited to a lifetime 48-month period.
27 The exclusion applies for a maximum of 12 months for the
28 exclusion under subdivision (b)(i) and a maximum of 12
29 months for the exclusion under subdivision (b)(ii),
30 during the 48-month period starting with the beginning of
31 the initial exclusion period under subdivision (b)(i),
32 which immediately follows 12 or more months of
33 unemployment.
34 (c) Inapplicability of income exclusions to admission
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1 process. The exclusion of increases in income as a result of
2 employment under this Section for the purpose of determining
3 rent does not apply for purposes of determining eligibility
4 for admission to the program (including determinations of
5 income eligibility and income targeting).
6 (Source: P.A. 88-220; 89-322, eff. 1-1-96.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.