Section 113.307  Property Repairs and Maintenance

Payment for the cost of repair or maintenance of homestead property shall be allowed up to $500 in a 12 month period when:

a)         It is needed to keep the property habitable or safeguard the health and safety of the recipient.  (This determination is made by the city or county's housing or health department, as appropriate);

b)         the recipient has sufficient equity in the property to warrant the expenditure (i.e., the recipient must have at least $501 in equity in the property);

c)         family members are unable to do the work (i.e., based on representations by family members and information contained in the recipient's case record).

(Source:  Amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 15896, effective October 4, 1985)