Sec. 6-2.1. Assets of homeless persons.

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(a)For the purpose of assisting homeless persons in securing housing, all assistance units that include a homeless person shall have an asset disregard no less than that applicable to recipients of benefits under Article 4 of this Code. For purposes of this Section, "homeless" or "homeless person" means either of the following:

(1)An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; or

(2)An individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is any of the following:

(A)A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide

temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill).

(B)An institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to

be institutionalized.

(C)A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular

sleeping accommodation for human beings.

(b)While the Illinois Department shall consider other indicia of homelessness in determining whether a person is homeless, a letter from a shelter provider stating that a person is homeless or residing in its shelter shall create a rebuttable presumption that the person is homeless.