The last few editions of the IDS have had articles on a perfect storm. This is referring to new students in overflowing housing and how the university is short nearly 300 beds.
Bloomington has a perfect storm every year. When the Interfaith Winter Shelter, a shelter for the homeless, closes, Bloomington is short nearly 200 beds. No one seems to be trying to find these unfortunate people beds, and they are forced to sleep in the gutters.
Maybe if the new students were forced to sleep in the gutters, Bloomington would step into action and try to find a bed for everyone regardless of one’s status as a student or not.
The two homeless shelters in Bloomington offer 36 beds with no overflow housing leaving nearly 200 with no place to sleep.
Robert Kimmel
A homeless man in Bloomington
