Bill Text: IL SB2005 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Requires housing authorities to develop and implement policies granting housing preferences to veterans who are homeless. Provides that such preferences shall be cumulative with any other preference allowed by a housing authority for which the veteran qualifies. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall be construed to supersede any federal law or regulation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-8)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0247 [SB2005 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2005-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0247 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning housing.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 34 as follows:
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(310 ILCS 10/34 new) | ||||
Sec. 34. Housing preference for veterans. | ||||
(a) As used in this Section: | ||||
"Homeless individual" means an individual: | ||||
(1) who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime | ||||
residence; | ||||
(2) with a primary nighttime residence that is a | ||||
public or private place not designed for or ordinarily | ||||
used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, | ||||
including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train | ||||
station, airport, or campground; | ||||
(3) in a supervised publicly or privately operated | ||||
shelter designated to provide temporary living | ||||
arrangements, including, but not limited to, hotels and | ||||
motels paid for by a government program for low-income | ||||
individuals or by charitable organizations, congregate | ||||
shelters, and transitional housing; | ||||
(4) who resides in a shelter or place not meant for | ||||
human habitation and who is exiting an institution where | ||
he or she temporarily resided; and | ||
(5) who: | ||
(A) will imminently lose his or her housing, | ||
including housing he or she owns, rents, lives in | ||
without paying rent, or is sharing with others, and | ||
rooms in hotels or motels not paid for by a | ||
governmental program for low-income individuals or by | ||
charitable organizations, as evidenced by: | ||
(i) a court order resulting from an eviction | ||
action that notifies the individual that he or she | ||
must leave within 14 days; | ||
(ii) such individual having a primary | ||
nighttime residence that is a room in a hotel or | ||
motel and where he or she lacks the resources | ||
necessary to reside there for more than 14 days; | ||
(iii) credible indications that the owner or | ||
renter of such housing will not allow such | ||
individual to stay for more than 14 days; or | ||
(iv) any oral statement from an individual | ||
seeking homeless assistance that is found to be | ||
credible; | ||
(B) has no subsequent residence identified; and | ||
(C) lacks the resources or support networks needed to | ||
obtain other permanent housing. | ||
"Veteran" means an individual who has served as a member | ||
of the armed forces of the United States or the Illinois | ||
National Guard. | ||
(b) Any housing authority created in accordance with this | ||
Act shall develop and implement policies granting housing | ||
preferences to veterans who are homeless. Such preferences | ||
shall be cumulative with any other preference allowed by such | ||
housing authority for which the veteran qualifies. Nothing in | ||
this Section shall be construed to supersede any federal law | ||
or regulation.
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