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310 ILCS 75/2

(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.

(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.

(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.)