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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: | ||||
(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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