Bill Text: IL SB0799 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0799 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0799-Introduced.html
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0799 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0799-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning housing.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 8.22 as follows:
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6 | (310 ILCS 10/8.22)
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7 | Sec. 8.22. Determination of income.
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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):
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.
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14 | (b) Procedure for excluding income.
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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
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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.
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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).
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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
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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.
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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
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19 | eligibility and income targeting).
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20 | (Source: P.A. 93-242, eff. 7-22-03.)
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