A Bartholomew County not-for-profit affordable housing development group is preparing to fight in Indiana Tax Court a denial of its property-tax exemption. The denial has put the organization
$200,000 in debt and its rental homes in danger of tax foreclosure.
The not-for-profit that offers alternative sentencing to women with young children will quadruple its capacity with move to former assisted-living facility on Michigan Road.
Indianapolis has lagged in making payments to not-for-profit developers executing a huge federal program to rehab neighborhoods, putting a strain on those groups and setting the city behind in spending its share of the money.
Lilly Endowment Inc. is continuing its decades-long support of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership, awarding the not-for-profit a $6.3 million grant to help low- and middle-income families become homeowners.
A fast-growing national organization that gets homeless people involved in running is expanding to Indianapolis.
Habitat for Humanity of Hamilton County is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian organization that is dedicated to working in partnership with families in Hamilton County under the conviction that every person should have a simple, decent, affordable place to live in safety and dignity.
34 North, an apartment complex for victims of domestic abuse, opened in August at 34th and Meridian streets.
The house in the 1300 block of East Ninth Street is the first low-income home in the state to achieve platinum LEED certification.
So far this year, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis has filed six foreclosure suits, more than in any of the past
five years. The organization also repossessed four houses as a result of the prior year’s foreclosures. In a typical year,
CEO Dean Illingworth said, Indy Habitat takes back one or two houses, so the recent uptick is troubling.
Partners in Housing Development seized on a weak real estate market to acquire three urban apartment communities in the last
18 months.
The fund has helped more than 6,000 households in six counties pay for housing, utilities and food.
Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development Inc. creates and promotes affordable, safe, quality housing and educates
the community about housing needs.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman plans to announce the first awards of $164 million in federal stimulus money to build low-
and moderate-income housing across the state.
This summer, Starfish Initiative will welcome a new class of scholars to its freshly painted offices with all new furniture, spacious meeting rooms and an inviting lounge.
Fifth Third Bank is one of several lenders supporting a comprehensive resource for homeowners at risk of foreclosure. The
bank recently made a $10,000 gift to the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, a quasi-public agency.
A group of volunteers who hope to open a home for pregnant teens will soon hire an executive director, thanks to a $25,000
grant from Women’s Fund of Central Indiana.
