(305 ILCS 5/6-2.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 6-2.1)
    Sec. 6-2.1. Assets of homeless persons.
    (a) For the purpose of assisting homeless persons in securing housing, all assistance units that include a homeless person shall have an asset disregard no less than that applicable to recipients of benefits under Article 4 of this Code. For purposes of this Section, "homeless" or "homeless person" means either of the following:
        (1) An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and
    
adequate nighttime residence; or
        (2) An individual who has a primary nighttime
    
residence that is any of the following:
            (A) A supervised publicly or privately operated
        
shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill).
            (B) An institution that provides a temporary
        
residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized.
            (C) A public or private place not designed for,
        
or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
    (b) While the Illinois Department shall consider other indicia of homelessness in determining whether a person is homeless, a letter from a shelter provider stating that a person is homeless or residing in its shelter shall create a rebuttable presumption that the person is homeless.
(Source: P.A. 87-1185.)