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| Public Act 103-0981 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning housing. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act is | ||||
amended by changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows: | ||||
(310 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1352) | ||||
Sec. 2. Legislative findings. The General Assembly makes | ||||
the following findings: | ||||
(1) Elderly persons and persons with disabilities | ||||
frequently desire to share a residence (i) to maximize the | ||||
effectiveness of the portion of their often limited incomes | ||||
that is spent for housing; (ii) for protection; and (iii) for | ||||
assistance in performing necessary daily tasks of life such as | ||||
cooking and cleaning. | ||||
(1-5) Elderly parents of adult children with disabilities | ||||
frequently desire to share a residence with their adult child | ||||
with disabilities (i) to maximize the effectiveness of the | ||||
portion of their often-limited incomes that is spent for | ||||
housing; (ii) for protection; and (iii) for assistance in | ||||
performing necessary daily tasks of life such as cooking and | ||||
cleaning. | ||||
(2) Many elderly persons and persons with disabilities | ||||
desire to live in federally subsidized housing units because | ||||
of their limited incomes. | ||
(3) Rules of the federal Department of Housing and Urban | ||
Development permit 2 or more unrelated elderly persons or | ||
persons with disabilities to occupy the same unit in federally | ||
subsidized housing, although local housing authorities | ||
frequently do not permit those persons to occupy the same | ||
unit. | ||
(3-5) Rules of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban | ||
Development do not force persons of different generations or | ||
opposite sex to share the same bedroom in federally subsidized | ||
housing, although local housing authorities frequently require | ||
that living situation based upon the local housing authority's | ||
occupancy standards. | ||
(4) The State of Illinois should do all it can to assist | ||
its elderly persons and persons with disabilities in | ||
maximizing the effectiveness of their incomes and to insure | ||
that those citizens are not unnecessarily burdened in | ||
accomplishing the daily tasks of life. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.) | ||
(310 ILCS 75/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1354) | ||
Sec. 4. Joint occupancy of subsidized housing. | ||
(a) Two elderly persons or two persons with disabilities | ||
who are not related to each other by blood or marriage shall | ||
not be prohibited from jointly occupying subsidized housing or | ||
a unit of subsidized housing solely because they are not | ||
related, provided they have filed a form for such joint | ||
occupation with the clerk of the county in which the housing | ||
they seek to occupy is located and otherwise meet all other | ||
eligibility requirements. A member of the joint occupancy may | ||
withdraw from the joint occupancy at any time. | ||
(b) An elderly parent with an adult child with | ||
disabilities of the opposite sex shall not be required to | ||
occupy subsidized housing with only one bedroom. Exceptions to | ||
the largest permissible unit size for subsidized housing shall | ||
be made when the elderly parent and adult child with | ||
disabilities of the opposite sex otherwise meet all other | ||
eligibility requirements. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.) | ||