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Council adopts co-living standards to expand housing options; 5-2 vote
Summary
City Council approved new co-living definitions and standards intended to broaden affordable housing options, including raising the definition of a household to six unrelated adults; the ordinance drew a 5-2 council split and will be summary-published.
The Bloomington City Council voted 5-2 on April 28 to adopt an ordinance establishing co-living units and co-living development standards, changing the city's definition of "family" and removing obsolete congregate-living and boarding-house categories from the zoning code.
Planning staff presented the ordinance as a tool to expand housing options at lower cost, noting co-living developments typically provide shared kitchens and flexible leases and can help produce housing affordable near the 30% area median income (AMI) level. "Coliving would help to provide a range of affordability where Bloomington is lacking in the 30% AMI area," planner…
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