IBJ columnist Pete Dunn outlines the challenges of rising inflation, stubbornly high costs for consumer goods, the meandering stock market, mass deportations and what could be the biggest economic story of 2025.
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The Indy Health District’s leaders want to find solutions for the issues weighing heaviest on these neighborhoods, including housing, transportation, land use, safety and food deserts.
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The communities offer ranch-style houses with open floor plans ranging from about 1,500 to 4,000 square feet, individual private courtyards and two-car garages.
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Town leaders spent nearly 15 years planning McCord Square, which they envision as a town center for a community that needs a place to gather. Residents are beginning to move into two 111,000-square-foot, four-story apartment buildings called The Jackson and The Lucas.
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Communities across central Indiana are taking notice as out-of-state investment companies continue to increase their market share of single-family houses and convert them to rentals.
Plans call for Cardinal Estates to be built on 170 acres south of the Golf Club of Indiana.
Advocates say the legislation will help reduce the harm eviction filings can have on renters seeking housing, particularly in Marion County where the eviction rate is high.
Some advocates warn Senate Bill 157—which would require police to remove “squatters” within 48 hours—would allow landlords to skip the court, chipping away at tenants’ rights.
House Republicans also introduced a slew of bills addressing trademark issues such as education, housing and health care.
Councilors voted 6-3 to approve rezone for the $250 million Morse Village project on the city’s northwest side.
About a dozen Hoosier communities will split $51 million in state funding for public infrastructure set to support construction of 2,400 homes.
The findings, from an annual report jointly published by the National Low Income Housing Coalition and Prosperity Indiana concluded that Indiana dropped from 43rd to 34th in terms of affordability between 2021 and 2024.
In a 6-3 decision, the high court reversed a ruling by a San Francisco-based appeals court that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
Affordable housing executive Bruce Baird plans to retire as president and CEO of Rdoor Housing Corp. on July 12, the not-for-profit announced Monday.
The Tenant Advocacy Project, launched in 2021, is one of the few tools city officials have to fight Indianapolis’ high frequency of evictions, and organizers want to see the program continue.
The cooperative endeavor agreement signed by Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard Monocchio sets off a multi-year process of evaluation and reorganization of the agency.
The building sits on land that Israel Traub, a German-Swiss immigrant, purchased in 1854 for a grocery store he opened in 1866, according to the St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood Association.
Experts say this year will see a continuation of the same pattern that’s governed the market since before the pandemic—too many buyers chasing not enough listings—with higher interest rates complicating the picture.
The campaign was announced during the unveiling ceremony for St. George Apartments, a 53-unit supportive housing complex on the near-north side of Indianapolis.
In light of a new report finding Indiana’s housing affordability worsened over the last year, a group of advocates on Thursday called on Gov. Eric Holcomb to establish a dedicated task force, saying lawmakers haven’t done enough to solve the state’s housing crisis.
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.66% from 6.62% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.33%.
Together, the projects are expected to result in nearly 2,500 new housing units in the state.
Build-to-rent houses are typically built as a master-planned community with 100 to 200 houses, average monthly rents of around $2,000, and amenities.
Indianapolis-based Platinum Properties Management Co.’s plans call for the Westbrook townhouse community to be built on 19 acres on the northeast side of the intersection of Moontown Road and Castamere Drive.
