Public Act 101-0280
 
HB3331 EnrolledLRB101 11105 KTG 56320 b


  
    AN ACT concerning housing.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Homelessness Prevention Act is amended  by 
changing Section 6  and by adding Section 12.5  as follows:
 



    (310 ILCS 70/6)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1306)



    Sec. 6. Forms of assistance. Assistance offered to 
households by
grantees shall include but
not be limited to the 
following:

    (a) 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;

    (b) payment of a rent deposit or security deposit and 
payment of not
more than 2 months rent or mortgage payments;

    (b-5) payment of rent or mortgage; 
    (c) payment of utility bills and arrearages; or

    (d) support services, where appropriate, to prevent 
homelessness or
repeated episodes of homelessness.

In no case shall the total assistance for a household be 
greater than the equivalent of 6 months of rent or mortgage 
payments. 
(Source: P.A. 96-291, eff. 8-11-09.)

 
    (310 ILCS 70/12.5 new)
    Sec. 12.5. Administrative costs and case management 
expenses. On an annual basis, a grantee's administrative costs 
and case management expenses shall not exceed 15% of the grant 
amount it receives under the Act.