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A proposal from Bloomington City Council member Jamie Mathy has re-energized a longstanding conversation about where new housing should go – on the edges of town, or closer to its core – and the financial implications of those decisions.
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Bloomington leaders are cautiously optimistic about the city’s finances in the upcoming year, calling for a nearly $270 million budget — up 7% from the current one.
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McLean County social service leaders say they aren’t yet seeing the impact of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic eviction moratorium – but they’ve been preparing.
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It takes pay of more than $16.40 an hour for a full-time worker to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Bloomington-Normal and Peoria. That's according to a new report from Housing Action Illinois and the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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The Bloomington-Normal Tenants Union hosted its first public meeting Saturday evening at Franklin Park, with members sharing how they hope the group can bring strength and voice to renters in the area.
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More people are looking for housing than homes are available in the Bloomington Normal market. That has caused new construction to rise sharply—but not without hiccups.
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A bill that would offer state tax credits to owners and developers of affordable housing units passed out of committee last week at the Illinois…
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Gov. JB Pritzker’s latest executive order extending the eviction moratorium for residential tenants adds a new legal protection for tenants who are unable…
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The first tenants of the former Bloomington High School building in downtown Bloomington began moving in a couple of weeks ago, following a $17 million…
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A union-backed development group is moving forward with a $9 million affordable senior housing project that would use the old TB Sanatorium in Normal.The…