093_HB2206ham001
LRB093 07696 MKM 12996 a
1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2206
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2206 on page 2, by
3 replacing lines 23 through 33 with the following:
4 "(d) The Authority shall distribute grants to local
5 administering agencies according to a formula based on U.S.
6 Census data. The formula shall determine percentages of the
7 funds to be distributed to the following geographic areas:
8 (i) Chicago; (ii) suburban areas: Cook County (excluding
9 Chicago), DuPage County, Lake County, Kane County, Will
10 County, and McHenry County; (iii) small metropolitan areas:
11 Springfield, Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign-Urbana,
12 Bloomington-Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Madison County,
13 Moline, Pekin, Rantoul, and St. Clair County; and (iv) rural
14 areas. A geographic area's percentage share shall be
15 determined by the total number of households that have an
16 annual income of less than 50% of State median income for a
17 household of 4 and that are paying more than 30% of their
18 income for rent. Due to high job growth in certain areas, the
19 number of these households shall be multiplied by 0.8 in
20 Chicago and by 1.5 in the suburban counties before the
21 percentage breakdowns are determined. The geographic
22 distribution shall be re-determined by the Authority each
23 time new U.S. Census data becomes available. The Authority
24 shall phase in any changes to the geographic formula to
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1 prevent a large withdrawal of resources from one area that
2 could negatively impact households receiving rental housing
3 support."; and
4 on page 4, line 3, by inserting "at least" immediately after
5 "must use"."