Illinois Compiled Statutes 310 Housing: Article -

• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 1
  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Homelessness Prevention Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1454.)
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 2
  Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that homelessness frequently results from a temporary economic crisis such as a temporary loss of employment, medical emergency,...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 3
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Department" means the Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid under...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 4
  Homelessness Prevention and Assistance Program. (a) The Department shall establish a family homelessness prevention and assistance program to stabilize families in their existing homes, to...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 4.5
  Grant eligibility. The Department shall award grants to grantees that agree to focus their emergency response systems on homeless prevention and securing permanent or...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 5
  Eligibility for assistance. Grantees may offer assistance to households in their service area when: (a) (Blank); (b) the household is in imminent danger of...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 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...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 7
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-1454. Repealed by P.A. 91-388, eff. 1-1-00.)
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 8
  Payment of assistance. Assistance provided under this Act may be paid to a landlord, mortgage company, utility company, or other vendor who provides housing or...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 9
  Staff accepting applications; training and experience. A grantee's staff accepting applications from households for assistance under the program shall be trained or experienced in...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 9.5
  Consultation. Grantees shall consult on a regular basis with the local established continuum of care in preparing the project proposal and in the design,...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 10
  (a) Program staff shall, whenever practicable, negotiate with the landlord of a household approved for assistance under the program to enable the household to remain...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 11
  The program shall provide for outreach to persons who are likely to be in need of assistance. Such outreach may include, but shall not...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 12
  Assistance received under this Act shall not be considered to be income in determining a recipient's eligibility for other State assistance programs or for...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 13
  Report. The Department shall report on program activities that provide assistance or services to homeless persons under this Act as part of its annual...
• Illinois Homelessness Prevention Act. - 310 ILCS 70, Section 14
  The Department may promulgate such rules as may be necessary to implement this program. (Source: P.A. 86-1454.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015