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1    AN ACT concerning housing.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act is 
5amended by changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows:
 
6    (310 ILCS 75/2)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1352)
7    Sec. 2. Legislative findings. The General Assembly makes 
8the following findings:
9    (1) Elderly persons and persons with disabilities 
10frequently desire to share a residence (i) to maximize the 
11effectiveness of the portion of their often limited incomes 
12that is spent for housing; (ii) for protection; and (iii) for 
13assistance in performing necessary daily tasks of life such as 
14cooking and cleaning.
15    (1-5) Elderly parents of adult children with disabilities 
16frequently desire to share a residence with their adult child 
17with disabilities (i) to maximize the effectiveness of the 
18portion of their often-limited incomes that is spent for 
19housing; (ii) for protection; and (iii) for assistance in 
20performing necessary daily tasks of life such as cooking and 
21cleaning. 
22    (2) Many elderly persons and persons with disabilities 
23desire to live in federally subsidized housing units because 
 
 
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1of their limited incomes.
2    (3) Rules of the federal Department of Housing and Urban 
3Development permit 2 or more unrelated elderly persons or 
4persons with disabilities to occupy the same unit in federally 
5subsidized housing, although local housing authorities 
6frequently do not permit those persons to occupy the same 
7unit.
8    (3-5) Rules of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
9Development do not force persons of different generations or 
10opposite sex to share the same bedroom in federally subsidized 
11housing, although local housing authorities frequently require 
12that living situation based upon the local housing authority's 
13occupancy standards. 
14    (4) The State of Illinois should do all it can to assist 
15its elderly persons and persons with disabilities in 
16maximizing the effectiveness of their incomes and to insure 
17that those citizens are not unnecessarily burdened in 
18accomplishing the daily tasks of life.
19(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
20    (310 ILCS 75/4)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1354)
21    Sec. 4. Joint occupancy of subsidized housing.  
22    (a) Two elderly persons or two persons with disabilities 
23who are not related to each other by blood or marriage shall 
24not be prohibited from jointly occupying subsidized housing or 
25a unit of subsidized housing solely because they are not 
 
 
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1related, provided they have filed a form for such joint 
2occupation with the clerk of the county in which the housing 
3they seek to occupy is located and otherwise meet all other 
4eligibility requirements. A member of the joint occupancy may 
5withdraw from the joint occupancy at any time.
6    (b) An elderly parent with an adult child with 
7disabilities of the opposite sex shall not be required to 
8occupy subsidized housing with only one bedroom. Exceptions to 
9the largest permissible unit size for subsidized housing shall 
10be made when the elderly parent and adult child with 
11disabilities of the opposite sex otherwise meet all other 
12eligibility requirements. 
13(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)