2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 310 - HOUSING › 310 ILCS 75/ - Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act.

(310 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1351)
Sec. 1. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-243.)
(310 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1352)
Sec. 2. Legislative findings. The General Assembly makes the following
findings:
(1) Elderly persons and persons with disabilities frequently desire to share a
residence (i) to maximize the effectiveness of the portion of their often
limited incomes that is spent for housing; (ii) for protection; and (iii)
for assistance in performing necessary daily tasks of life such as cooking
and cleaning.
(2) Many elderly persons and persons with disabilities desire to live in
federally subsidized housing units because of their limited incomes.
(3) Rules of the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development permit 2 or more unrelated elderly persons or persons with disabilities to
occupy the same unit in federally subsidized housing, although local
housing authorities frequently do not permit those persons to occupy the
same unit.
(4) The State of Illinois should do all it can to assist its
elderly persons and persons with disabilities in maximizing the effectiveness of their
incomes and to insure that those citizens are not unnecessarily burdened in
accomplishing the daily tasks of life.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(310 ILCS 75/3) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1353)
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context clearly
requires otherwise:
"Elderly person" means a person 62 years of age or older.
"Person with a disability" means a person having a physical or mental
impairment that:
(1) is expected to be of long-continued and     indefinite duration,
(2) substantially impedes the person's ability to     live independently, and
(3) is of such a nature that this ability could be     improved by more suitable housing conditions.
"Subsidized housing" means any housing or unit of housing financed by a
loan or mortgage held by the Illinois Housing Development Authority, a
local housing authority, or the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development ("HUD") under one of the following circumstances:
(1) Insured or held by HUD under Section 221(d)(3) of     the National Housing Act and assisted under Section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 or Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
(2) Insured or held by HUD and bears interest at a     rate determined under the proviso of Section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act.
(3) Insured, assisted, or held by HUD under Section     202 or 236 of the National Housing Act.
(4) Insured or held by HUD under Section 514 or 515     of the Housing Act of 1949.
(5) Insured or held by HUD under the United States     Housing Act of 1937.
(6) Held by HUD and formerly insured under a program     listed in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5).
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(310 ILCS 75/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1354)
Sec. 4. Joint occupancy of subsidized housing. Two elderly
persons or two persons with disabilities who are not related to each other by
blood or marriage shall not be prohibited from jointly occupying
subsidized housing or a unit of subsidized housing solely because
they are not related, provided they have filed a form for such
joint occupation with the clerk of the county in which the
housing they seek to occupy is located and otherwise meet all
other eligibility requirements.  A member of the joint occupancy
may withdraw from the joint occupancy at any time.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(310 ILCS 75/5) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1355)
Sec. 5. 
		This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 87-243.)