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Landlord v. Tenant: GLT Series

Landlord v. Tenant: GLT Series

Landlord v. Tenant is a special GLT investigative series exploring low-income rental housing in Bloomington-Normal:

An aging stock of low income housing in Bloomington-Normal is causing ongoing tension between tenants and their landlords. Twin City landlords are cited more than 3,000 times a year for housing code violations. Because of their age, many low income rental units are in chronic disrepair. Compounding the problem is that Bloomington and Normal each have only two housing inspectors to oversee more than twenty thousand rental units. And there is little pressure on landlords to change.