HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION

Housing Affordability Impact Note (Housing Development Authority)

5/24/2022 House Public Act 102-0896
This bill will have no effect on the cost of constructing, purchasing, owning, or selling a single-family residence.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Defines “source of income”. Provides that if a landlord requires that a prospective tenant or current tenant have a certain threshold level of income, then the landlord shall subtract any source of income in the form of a rent voucher or subsidy from the total of the monthly rent prior to calculating if the income criteria have been met. Provides that a landlord shall not apply an income or asset requirement to a tenant with a non-wage source of income that the landlord does not apply to all tenants. Provides that if an income or asset requirement serves to generally exclude participants in a housing or benefits program, that requirement shall be considered presumptively discriminatory.

Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a defendant shall have an affirmative defense to any action where the plaintiff demands has made a demand for possession that is based on unpaid rent regardless of whether the owner has joined in the action a claim for rent.