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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    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 
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changing Section 8.22 as follows:
 



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    (310 ILCS 10/8.22)



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    Sec. 8.22. Determination of income. 

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    (a) Exclusions from income. In determining the
the income 
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of a tenant for the
purpose of determining rent, the Housing 
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Authority shall exclude the following
as provided in subsection 
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(b):

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        (i) The amount of any income received by the tenant as 
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    a result of
anti-drug, anti-crime, and related security 
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    initiatives conducted by the
Housing Authority.  Any 
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    activities or income excluded under this subdivision
(i) 
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    must first be certified by the Housing Authority.


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        (ii) Any income earned by a tenant during the first 12 
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    months of
employment which follow a period of unemployment 
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    of 12 or
more consecutive months if:


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            (A) a period of unemployment of 12 or more 
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        consecutive months or the
income received within the 12 
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        months prior to employment is less than 10 hours
of 
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        work per week at the established minimum wage; or


 


 






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            (B) the income earned during those 12 months is 
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        received as a result of
the tenant's participation in 
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        any economic self-sufficiency or other job
training 
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        program; or


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            (C) the income earned during those 12 months is 
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        earned by a tenant due
to new employment or increased 
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        earnings, during or within 6 months after
receiving 
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        assistance under a State program for temporary 
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        assistance for needy
families funded under Part A of 
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        Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
601 and 
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        following), provided that the total amount of earned 
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        income received by
the tenant within the previous 6 
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        months was at least $500.

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    (b) Procedure for excluding income.


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        (i) Initial 12-month exclusion. Beginning on the first 
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    date the tenant is
employed or the first date the tenant's 
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    family experiences an increase in
annual income as 
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    determined under subdivision (a)(ii) of this Section, the

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    Housing Authority must exclude the increase in annual 
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    income for each month in
which the increase is received, 
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    but not for more than 12 months.


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        (ii) Second 12-month exclusion and phase-out. After 
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    the initial 12-month
exclusion period under subdivision 
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    (b)(i) of this Section, the Housing
Authority
must exclude, 
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    for each month in which the increase in income is received, 
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    but
not for more than 12 months, 50% of the increase in the 
 


 






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    annual
income that is received due to the tenant's 
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    employment or the tenant's family
experiencing an increase 
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    in annual income under subdivision (a)(ii).


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        (iii) Maximum 48-month period for exclusions. The 
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    exclusion of increases
in income of an individual family 
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    member as provided in subdivision (b)(i) or
(b)(ii) of this 
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    Section is limited to a lifetime 48-month period. The 
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    exclusion
applies for a maximum of 12 months for the 
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    exclusion under subdivision (b)(i)
and a maximum of 12 
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    months for the exclusion under subdivision (b)(ii), during

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    the 48-month period starting with the beginning of the 
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    initial exclusion period
under subdivision (b)(i), which 
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    immediately follows 12 or more
months of unemployment.

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    (c) Inapplicability of income exclusions to admission 
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process. The exclusion
of increases in income as a result of 
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employment under this Section for the
purpose of determining 
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rent does not apply for purposes of determining
eligibility for 
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admission to the program (including determinations of income

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eligibility and income targeting).

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(Source: P.A. 93-242, eff. 7-22-03.)