HAND (City of Bloomington, Indiana, Housing & Neighborhood Development Department)

The Housing and Neighborhood Development Department enhances the quality of life for Bloomington residents by developing programs, services, and partnerships to preserve community character, promote affordable housing and encourage neighborhood vitality.

Services include historic preservation, neighborhood services, housing programs such as affordable housing, housing counseling, and home repair grants and loans. Services also include municipal code enforcement. Refer to Title 6: Health and Sanitation, and Title16: inspection of rental housing.

On any one day you may find a HAND employee rolling up their sleeves to help with a neighborhood cleanup or sitting in an office advising a prospective homeowner.