Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
Filed: 3/23/2004
|
|||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4439
| ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4439 on page 3,
| ||||||
3 | after line 35, by inserting the following: | ||||||
4 | " (I-5) Housing authority. "Housing authority" means either | ||||||
5 | a housing authority created under the Housing Authorities Act | ||||||
6 | or other government agency that is authorized by the United | ||||||
7 | States government under the United States Housing Act of 1937 | ||||||
8 | to administer a housing choice voucher program, or the | ||||||
9 | authorized agent of such a housing authority that is authorized | ||||||
10 | to act upon that authority's behalf. "; and
| ||||||
11 | on page 6, after line 4, by inserting the following: | ||||||
12 | " Nothing in this Section 3-102 or in any municipal or | ||||||
13 | county ordinance described in Section 7-108 of this Act shall | ||||||
14 | require a housing authority, its designated property manager, | ||||||
15 | or any other housing authority agents or assigns of any housing | ||||||
16 | development project in which 25% or more of the units are owned | ||||||
17 | by a housing authority or subject to a leasing agreement, | ||||||
18 | regulatory and operating agreement, or other similar | ||||||
19 | instrument with a housing authority to lease or rent another | ||||||
20 | unit of that same housing development project to an existing or | ||||||
21 | prospective tenant who is receiving subsidies, payment | ||||||
22 | assistance, contributions, or vouchers under or in connection | ||||||
23 | with the federal Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section | ||||||
24 | 8) program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for payment of part or all of the | ||||||
25 | rent for the unit. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Nothing in this Section 3-102, except with respect to | ||||||
2 | written statements prohibited by subdivision (F) of this | ||||||
3 | Section, shall require or prevent any person whose property is | ||||||
4 | located in a municipality with fewer than 1,000,000 | ||||||
5 | inhabitants, and is in a concentrated census tract where 3% of | ||||||
6 | the total housing stock in that census tract is occupied by | ||||||
7 | tenants relying on subsidies, payment assistance, | ||||||
8 | contributions, or vouchers under or in connection with the | ||||||
9 | federal Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section 8) | ||||||
10 | program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for payment of part of the rent for | ||||||
11 | the unit to lease or rent a unit to a prospective tenant who is | ||||||
12 | relying on such a subsidy, payment assistance, contribution, or | ||||||
13 | voucher for payment of part or all of the rent for the unit.
| ||||||
14 | The housing authority shall determine which census tracts | ||||||
15 | within its service area meet the concentrated census tract | ||||||
16 | exemption requirements and annually deliver that information | ||||||
17 | to the municipalities within its jurisdiction. | ||||||
18 | Nothing in this Section 3-102 prevents an owner or agent | ||||||
19 | from taking into consideration factors other than lawful source | ||||||
20 | of income such as credit history, criminal history, or | ||||||
21 | references. ".
|