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Landlord v. Tenant is a special GLT investigative series exploring low-income rental housing in Bloomington-Normal:An aging stock of low income housing in Bloomington-Normal is causing ongoing tension between tenants and their landlords. Twin City landlords are cited more than 3,000 times a year for housing code violations. Because of their age, many low income rental units are in chronic disrepair. Compounding the problem is that Bloomington and Normal each have only two housing inspectors to oversee more than twenty thousand rental units. And there is little pressure on landlords to change.

GLT's Top Stories: Week of Sept. 4-8, 2017

WGLT | By Student Reporter Baylee Steelman

Published September 8, 2017 at 2:26 PM CDT

ISU President Larry Dietz holds a sign reading "#DefendDACA" on the quad during a rally opposing the Trump Administration's decision to cut the Obama-era immigration program.

Here are the top stories we covered this week (Sept. 4-8, 2017) on WGLT and WGLT.org.

#DefendDACA
Illinois State University students, along with other local organizations, took to Bloomington-Normal following Attorney General Jeff Session's announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The program provides work permits, driver's licenses and Social Security numbers to people who came to the U.S. as undocumented children with their parents.
Read the story: More DACA Protests Set For Bloomington-Normal

Local Housing Conditions
GLT's Judith Valente investigates low-income housing situations in Bloomington and Normal. Tenants face issues with infestations, plumbing and intolerance from landlords.
Read the story: Landlord v. Tenant: Housing Inspectors Seek Compliance, Not Punishment

Sleeping In
Unit 5 students in junior and high school are going to class one hour later. Research shows kids in their age range benefit from sleeping more. So will report cards and test scores see improvement?
Read the story: Are Later Start Times Helping Students In Unit 5?

Buses and Books
The Downtown Bloomington Task Force will consider knocking down the dilapidated garage on Market Street to make way for the new Bloomington Public Library and a Connect Transit transfer center.
Read the story: Downtown Task Force Eyes Joint Library-Transit 'Catalyst' Project

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