Public Housing

The McLean County League of Women Voters hosted a forum to discuss efforts to address the housing shortage.

Over $9 million in funding from the Illinois Housing Development Authority will help the McLean County Center for Human Services develop a 24-unit apartment building on Bloomington's west side.

Echoing a familiar refrain in the Twin Cities, outgoing Bloomington Housing Authority Executive Director Jeremy Hayes says any additional rental housing would help the community's lowest income renters.

A litany of complaints filed with the city and the Illinois Housing Development Authority detail recurring problems over the past few years. Yet no punitive action has been taken against the multibillion-dollar company that owns Phoenix Towers.

After nearly three decades of fulfilling her calling, residential services director Gloria Hursey said her goodbyes to the Bloomington Housing Authority…