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Rent-control talk at public comment: residents urge 2.5% cap and support for lifting statewide ban
Summary
Multiple speakers at public comment urged the council to back a 2.5% annual rent-renewal cap and to support HB 3687, a state bill that would lift Illinois—s ban on local rent-control measures. Speakers tied the request to the downtown redevelopment agreements before the council.
Speakers during the public-comment portion of the April 25 Bloomington City Council meeting urged the council to keep a 2.5% annual cap on rent renewals and to support HB 3687, a state bill that would lift Illinois—s statewide ban on municipal rent-control ordinances.
Residents and community advocates said steep rent increases and a tight for-sale market are pushing more people into rentals and making housing unaffordable. Several speakers linked their support for the cap to terms included in the redevelopment agreements for downtown projects under consideration that evening, arguing a 2.5% cap would make the new units less likely to quickly escalate beyond local affordability.
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