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92_HB3059eng HB3059 Engrossed LRB9205824DJgcB 1 AN ACT in relation to housing. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by 5 changing Section 8.22 as follows: 6 (310 ILCS 10/8.22) 7 Sec. 8.22. Determination of income. 8 (a) Exclusions from income. In determining the income 9 of a tenant for the purpose of determining rent, the Housing 10 Authority shall exclude the following as provided in 11 subsection (b): 12 (i) The amount of any income received by the tenant 13 as a result of anti-drug, anti-crime, and related 14 security initiatives conducted by the Housing Authority. 15 Any activities or income excluded under this subdivision 16 (i) must first be certified by the Housing Authority. 17 (ii) Any income earned by a tenant during the first 18 2418 consecutivemonths of employment,which follow a 19 period of unemployment of 126or more consecutive months 20 if: 21 (A) the income received within the 12 or more 22 consecutive months of unemployment is less than 23 would be received by working 10 hours per week at 24 the established federal minimum wage; or 25 (B) the income earned during those 24 months 26 is received as a result of the tenant's 27 participation in any economic self-sufficiency or 28 other job training program; or 29 (C) the income earned during those 24 months 30 is earned by a tenant due to new employment or 31 increased earnings after receiving, within the HB3059 Engrossed -2- LRB9205824DJgcB 1 previous 6 months, any assistance under a State 2 program for temporary assistance for needy families 3 funded under Part A of Title IV of the Social 4 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 and following), provided 5 that the total amount of earned income received by 6 the tenant within the previous 6 months was at least 7 $500. 8 (b) Procedure for excluding income. 9 (i) Initial 12-month exclusion. Beginning on the 10 first date the tenant is employed or the first date the 11 tenant's family experiences an increase in annual income 12 as determined under subdivision (a)(ii) of this Section, 13 the Housing Authority must exclude the increase in annual 14 income for each month in which the increase is received, 15 but not for more than 12 months. 16 (ii) Second 12-month exclusion and phase-out. After 17 the initial 12-month exclusion period under subdivision 18 (b)(i) of this Section, the Housing Authority must 19 exclude, for each month in which the increase in income 20 is received, but not for more than 12 months, 50% of the 21 increase in the annual income that is received due to the 22 tenant's employment or the tenant's family experiencing 23 an increase in annual income under subdivision (a)(ii). 24 (iii) Maximum 48-month period for exclusions. The 25 exclusion of increases in income of an individual family 26 member as provided in subdivision (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of 27 this Section is limited to a lifetime 48-month period. 28 The exclusion applies for a maximum of 12 months for the 29 exclusion under subdivision (b)(i) and a maximum of 12 30 months for the exclusion under subdivision (b)(ii), 31 during the 48-month period starting with the beginning of 32 the initial exclusion period under subdivision (b)(i), 33 which immediately follows 12 or more months of 34 unemployment. HB3059 Engrossed -3- LRB9205824DJgcB 1 (c) Inapplicability of income exclusions to admission 2 process. The exclusion of increases in income as a result of 3 employment under this Section for the purpose of determining 4 rent does not apply for purposes of determining eligibility 5 for admission to the program (including determinations of 6 income eligibility and income targeting). 7 (Source: P.A. 88-220; 89-322, eff. 1-1-96.) 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.