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This month, we welcomed Mary Morgan, director of housing security, with Heading Home, South Central Indiana. In the podcast, Mary and Jim discuss what housing looks like in Bloomington and Monroe County as it buttresses housing challenges in the US. Bloomington faces a shortage of single-family homes while also seeing a surge in rental properties being built. Nationwide, Morgan said, society …

Part One: Hosts Clarence Boone and Amrita Myers speak with Amber Skoby, executive director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and William Hosea, chairman of its board of commissioners, about an initiative seeking Section 3 minority and women owned business enterprises to submit bids for over $5 million for renovations being made to current public housing communities. They also discuss, more …

A local group voiced concerns this weekend that Bloomington’s planned technology park will cause major problems for working class residents of the city. The Bloomington Solidarity Network hosted an event at the public library on Saturday. Members argue the plans to build a tech park north of city hall will drive up housing costs in the Maple Heights neighborhood and …