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Illinois Statutes Chapter 310. Housing § 10/25.02. Criminal records assessment hearing

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

§ 25.02. Criminal records assessment hearing.

(a) An applicant has the right to an individualized criminal records assessment hearing if the applicant's application for federally assisted housing requires further review because of the applicant's or another household member's criminal history record. The individualized criminal records assessment hearing shall allow the applicant or other household member to:

(1) contest the accuracy of the criminal history record;

(2) contest the relevance of the criminal history record to the Authority's decision to deny the applicant's application for federally assisted housing; and

(3) provide mitigating evidence concerning the applicant's or other household member's criminal conviction or evidence of rehabilitation.

(b) The Authority shall not rent or lease to any other person the available federally assisted housing unit that is the subject of the applicant's individualized criminal records assessment hearing until after the Authority has issued a final ruling.

(c) The Authority shall adopt rules for criminal records assessment hearings in accordance with Article 10 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

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