By Peter Dorfman Iam cautiously optimistic that the administration that takes over Bloomington’s city government in January will at least tap the brakes on its predecessor’s lust for growth. Incoming Mayor Kerry Thomson has repeatedly taken the position that we can have a better city without necessarily making it bigger. Until further notice, I’m takingContinue reading “Another Voice of Sanity: More Housing ≠ Cheaper Housing”
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Does a Housing Shortage Justify Upzoning? Surprise: We Don’t Have One
By Peter Dorfman Bloomington’s administration has tried just about every conceivable rationalization for upzoning the city’s dense core. “Walkability to downtown” didn’t overcome constituents’ objections to the plan in 2019. Nor did Bloomingtonians buy into the pretext that an influx of market rate apartment development would generate new affordable housing. The city’s own planners regularly admitContinue reading “Does a Housing Shortage Justify Upzoning? Surprise: We Don’t Have One”
The Dissident Democrat 