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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 Sections 6, 8, and 10 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 | (c) payment of utility bills and arrearages; or
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| 17 | (d) support services, where appropriate, to prevent | ||||||
| 18 | homelessness or
repeated episodes of homelessness.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 91-388, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| 20 | (310 ILCS 70/8) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1308)
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| 21 | Sec. 8. Payment of assistance. Assistance provided under | ||||||
| 22 | this Act may
be paid to a
landlord, mortgage company, utility | ||||||
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| 1 | company, or other vendor who provides housing or other
services | ||||||
| 2 | to an
applicant for assistance.
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| 3 | (Source: P.A. 91-388, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| 4 | (310 ILCS 70/10) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1310)
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| 5 | Sec. 10.
(a) Program staff shall, whenever practicable, | ||||||
| 6 | negotiate
with the landlord of a household approved for | ||||||
| 7 | assistance under the program
to enable the household to remain | ||||||
| 8 | in its current housing.
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| 9 | (b) Program staff shall, when there has been a loss of | ||||||
| 10 | public benefits
to the household, take all practicable steps to | ||||||
| 11 | assist in the restoration
of the household's public benefits.
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| 12 | (c) Program staff shall identify, and assist households in | ||||||
| 13 | applying for,
any form of public benefits or entitlements for | ||||||
| 14 | which the household may be eligible.
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| 15 | (d) Program staff shall, 6 months after the end of each | ||||||
| 16 | State fiscal year and as determined by the Department of Human | ||||||
| 17 | Services assistance is provided to a
household under the | ||||||
| 18 | program, determine whether the household has
remained in the | ||||||
| 19 | residence in which they were residing at the time assistance
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| 20 | was provided, and determine whether the living situation of the | ||||||
| 21 | household is stable.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 86-1454.)
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.
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