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. (1-5) Elderly parents of adult children with disabilities frequently desire to share a residence with their adult child with disabilities (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. (3-5) Rules of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development do not force persons of different generations or opposite sex to share the same bedroom in federally subsidized housing, although local housing authorities frequently require that living situation based upon the local housing authority's occupancy standards. (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. 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. disabilities frequently desire to share a residence with their adult child with disabilities (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. disabilities desire to live in federally subsidized housing units because of their limited incomes. 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. Urban Development do not force persons of different generations or opposite sex to share the same bedroom in federally subsidized housing, although local housing authorities frequently require that living situation based upon the local housing authority's occupancy standards. 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.
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