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Bloomington holds public hearing on 2025–2029 consolidated plan, highlights housing affordability and voucher shortages
Summary
The redevelopment commission heard a staff presentation on the city's 2025'2029 consolidated plan and 2025 annual action plan, which identifies housing affordability, voucher wait lists and public facility needs as top priorities.
Bloomington Redevelopment Commission members heard a staff presentation June 16 on the city's 2025'2029 consolidated plan and the 2025 annual action plan, documents that guide Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships spending.
The consolidated plan, presented by a staff member, identifies housing affordability as the city's most pressing issue and recommends strategies including tenant-based rental assistance, new unit production, preservation and rehabilitation of existing housing, and public facilities investments. The presenter said Bloomington is an entitlement community that receives HUD funding and must align allocations with community needs identified through outreach, market study and needs assessment.
Why it matters: the consolidated plan directs HUD-funded programs that serve low- and moderate-income…
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