96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0785

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
310 ILCS 10/8.22

    Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the determination of a tenant's income for the purpose of determining rent.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning 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 the income
9 of a tenant for the purpose of determining rent, the Housing
10 Authority shall exclude the following as provided in subsection
11 (b):
12         (i) The amount of any income received by the tenant as
13     a result of anti-drug, anti-crime, and related security
14     initiatives conducted by the Housing Authority. Any
15     activities or income excluded under this subdivision (i)
16     must first be certified by the Housing Authority.
17         (ii) Any income earned by a tenant during the first 12
18     months of employment which follow a period of unemployment
19     of 12 or more consecutive months if:
20             (A) a period of unemployment of 12 or more
21         consecutive months or the income received within the 12
22         months prior to employment is less than 10 hours of
23         work per week at the established minimum wage; or

 

 

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1             (B) the income earned during those 12 months is
2         received as a result of the tenant's participation in
3         any economic self-sufficiency or other job training
4         program; or
5             (C) the income earned during those 12 months is
6         earned by a tenant due to new employment or increased
7         earnings, during or within 6 months after receiving
8         assistance under a State program for temporary
9         assistance for needy families funded under Part A of
10         Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 and
11         following), provided that the total amount of earned
12         income received by the tenant within the previous 6
13         months was at least $500.
14     (b) Procedure for excluding income.
15         (i) Initial 12-month exclusion. Beginning on the first
16     date the tenant is employed or the first date the tenant's
17     family experiences an increase in annual income as
18     determined under subdivision (a)(ii) of this Section, the
19     Housing Authority must exclude the increase in annual
20     income for each month in which the increase is received,
21     but not for more than 12 months.
22         (ii) Second 12-month exclusion and phase-out. After
23     the initial 12-month exclusion period under subdivision
24     (b)(i) of this Section, the Housing Authority must exclude,
25     for each month in which the increase in income is received,
26     but not for more than 12 months, 50% of the increase in the

 

 

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1     annual income that is received due to the tenant's
2     employment or the tenant's family experiencing an increase
3     in annual income under subdivision (a)(ii).
4         (iii) Maximum 48-month period for exclusions. The
5     exclusion of increases in income of an individual family
6     member as provided in subdivision (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of this
7     Section is limited to a lifetime 48-month period. The
8     exclusion applies for a maximum of 12 months for the
9     exclusion under subdivision (b)(i) and a maximum of 12
10     months for the exclusion under subdivision (b)(ii), during
11     the 48-month period starting with the beginning of the
12     initial exclusion period under subdivision (b)(i), which
13     immediately follows 12 or more months of unemployment.
14     (c) Inapplicability of income exclusions to admission
15 process. The exclusion of increases in income as a result of
16 employment under this Section for the purpose of determining
17 rent does not apply for purposes of determining eligibility for
18 admission to the program (including determinations of income
19 eligibility and income targeting).
20 (Source: P.A. 93-242, eff. 7-22-03.)