GIPC forms working group to provide legal services, make policing recommendations
The Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee on Thursday announced the creation of a working group to look at ways to tackle racism and bias in Indianapolis.
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Student housing firms see upside to uncertainty over colleges’ return
With students expected to return to most Indiana college campuses this fall, housing management firms are anticipating a boost to their bottom lines and a renewed interest in off-campus living.
U.S. home construction dips 3.6% in January
The U.S. Commerce Department reported that builders started construction on 1.57 million homes, a decline of 3.6% from 1.63 million units in December. That had been the highest point since late 2006 at the peak of the housing boom of the last decade.
Developer plans apartments at Central State for low-income residents, homeless
Chicago-based Mercy Housing and Missouri-based MACO Development Co. plan to build the $25.6 million, 156-unit apartment complex at 3355 Kirkbride Way on the west side of Indianapolis.
Carmel-based builder that launched during recession just keeps growing
Old Town’s sister companies are continuing to develop projects in Carmel, working on a large mixed-use development that will help transform downtown Westfield, and expanding their reach into West Lafayette, where the company is part of a $1 billion project being constructed next to Purdue University’s campus.
Is Westfield growing too fast?
As Westfield’s housing stock and population balloons—following the rapid growth Carmel and Fishers have experienced for more than a decade—some residents are concerned too much development is coming too fast. And they’re pushing back.
Central Indiana home builders snap 7-month slump with big July
It was the most-active July for single-family construction permit filings since 2006, when 746 permits were filed during the month.
INHP acquires more properties for affordable housing near IndyGo stops
The purchases are part of the group’s $15 million plan is to preserve or create 1,000 affordable housing units within walking distance of IndyGo routes over the next five years.
Community foundation’s new mission: helping the marginalized thrive
The Central Indiana Community Foundation’s new five-year plan focuses on making Indianapolis a more inclusive city, a goal it hopes to achieve partly by training 5,000 community leaders and residents about institutional racism.
New Indy housing director seeks ‘a better way to do this’
New Indianapolis Housing Agency Executive Director John Hall is charged with sorting out the agency’s finances and improving the city’s federally funded voucher program.
1 in 5 Indianapolis residents lives in poverty. And many areas are getting worse.
Median household incomes have dropped in a full third of Indianapolis ZIP codes since 2000. Inequality is growing across the city.
Indy Habitat for Humanity study shows clients earn more, spend less
The effects of Habitat home ownership include increased higher education attainment, better financial security and reduced stress.
Habitat for Humanity plans 84-acre neighborhood
A Habitat for Humanity group is planning to build possibly hundreds of homes on an 84-acre site in Bloomington.
New housing options for homeless foster stability
A 38-unit downtown apartment building for the chronically homeless that opened in January 2016 is Indianapolis’ first project to employ a so-called “housing first” model.
Indiana gets more than $600,000 in federal housing grants
The money will be used to make repairs and improvements to public housing units, as well as providing housing counseling to struggling consumers.
Programs for homeless suffer big cuts as feds shift priorities
Programs across Indianapolis that provide housing and support to the homeless are bemoaning a $687,540 decrease in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding this year.
41 Indiana cities getting $22.5M to modernize public housing
The Indianapolis Housing Agency will receive $2.6 million.
Land bank successor aims for openness
A startup not-for-profit has begun returning vacant and tax-delinquent properties to the city’s tax rolls, stepping into a void left by the disgraced Indy Land Bank.
Wheeler Mission lands $1M grant to help with expansion
Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc. said Wednesday that it has received a donation from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust that will allow it to start construction on a new facility next to its shelter at 520 E. Market St. in downtown Indianapolis.
NFP of NOTE: Partners In Housing
Partners In Housing assists the homeless and people with special needs by eliminating barriers to safe, affordable housing through the creation of beneficial partnerships.