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As new proposals to ease the Bloomington-Normal housing shortage move forward this spring and summer, city and town council members will weigh in on what they think. There’s already diversity of thought among council members on the issue.
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Government efforts to address the Bloomington-Normal housing shortage are a work in progress. Every little effort to make it more attractive to develop helps.
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The Town of Normal has a temporary moratorium on new short-term rentals, Bloomington may start a similar conversation, and landlords are waiting in limbo.
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Experts say rural home buyers typically want a small town feel. Recent lending trends imply it's increasingly attractive.
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WGLT talks to renters in Bloomington-Normal about their rising housing costs and the lack of choice in where they live.
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If Bloomington-Normal is going to steer itself out of this housing shortage, developers like Rathnakumar Ramachandran and Rajkumar Thirupparkadal are going to be behind the wheel.
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Bloomington-Normal in 2024 spent more time talking about building housing than actually building housing. And don’t expect a construction boom in 2025 either.