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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3331 Introduced , by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 310 ILCS 70/6 | from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1306 | 310 ILCS 70/12.5 new | |
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Amends the Homelessness Prevention Act. Changes certain types of assistance grantees shall offer households to prevent homelessness as follows: (1) payment of a rent or mortgage arrearage (rather than payment of a rent or mortgage arrearage in an amount
established as necessary to defeat
the eviction or foreclosure, but shall in no event be greater than 3 months of rental or mortgage arrears); (2) payment of a security deposit (rather than payment of a rent deposit or security deposit and payment of not
more than 2 months rent or mortgage payments); and (3) payment of rent or mortgage. Provides that in no case shall the total assistance for a household be greater than the equivalent of 6 months of rent or mortgage payments. Provides that, on an annual basis, a grantee's administrative costs and case management expenses shall not exceed 15% of the grant amount it receives.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning housing.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Homelessness Prevention Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 6 and by adding Section 12.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (310 ILCS 70/6) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1306)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6. Forms of assistance. Assistance offered to |
| 8 | | households by
grantees shall include but
not be limited to the |
| 9 | | following:
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| 10 | | (a) payment of a rent or mortgage arrearage in an amount
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| 11 | | established as necessary to defeat
the eviction or foreclosure, |
| 12 | | but shall in no event be greater than 3 months of rental or |
| 13 | | mortgage arrears;
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| 14 | | (b) payment of a rent deposit or security deposit and |
| 15 | | payment of not
more than 2 months rent or mortgage payments;
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| 16 | | (b-5) payment of rent or mortgage; |
| 17 | | (c) payment of utility bills and arrearages; or
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| 18 | | (d) support services, where appropriate, to prevent |
| 19 | | homelessness or
repeated episodes of homelessness.
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| 20 | | In no case shall the total assistance for a household be |
| 21 | | greater than the equivalent of 6 months of rent or mortgage |
| 22 | | payments. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-291, eff. 8-11-09.)
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