SPRINGFIELD — Finding a job was difficult but acquiring a home was easy when the City Council strengthened the residency requirement to demand nearly every city employee live within its borders
Some 15 years later, the issues have flipped, leaving officials discussing if it is time to give the rule another look.
“In 2010 if you said you couldn’t buy a house in Springfield people would laugh at you, now it is just the opposite,” said City Council President Michael Fenton. “At the time people would do anything for a stable job, but now jobs are everywhere.”
