Home Sweet Home Ministries

Leaders of Home Sweet Home Ministries in Bloomington and Hope on 5th in Lincoln shared stories about housing shelters during Tuesday's Women to Women Spring Forum at the Bloomington Public Library.

When the donation goes through, Home Sweet Home will own properties that serve the unhoused population on three adjacent blocks south of Downtown Bloomington.

Shelter villages offer temporary and private places for the unhoused to sleep and store belongings. One of the newest, The Bridge, opened recently in central Illinois.

The head of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council says addressing residential needs is one key piece to realizing business growth in Bloomington.

After four nights of operation, The Bridge has 48 residents, leaving eight beds still available.

A 48-cabin shelter village was dedicated Tuesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the McLean County Chamber of Commerce.

The public is invited to tour Bloomington’s soon-to-open non-congregate shelter village for the unhoused during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony next week.

Home Sweet Home's non-congregate shelter village, The Bridge, aims to be a more accessible path from homelessness to stable housing. Here's how it'll work.

This year's goal of $1 million is 51% more than last year's, which ended up being surpassed by more than $20,000. Salvation Army Major Dan Leisher said the organization has experienced some losses in funding, while also seeing an increase in need.

The Bridge was originally expected to be open this winter, but Home Sweet Home CEO Matt Burgess said it will not likely open until January.