affordable housing

To make significant progress in addressing its affordable housing shortage, the city needs more federal help sent to Indiana

U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) said housing affordability is a major impediment as communities and companies try to match workers with available jobs.

Indiana House Republicans plan to focus on remaking high school education, trying to lower health care costs and creating affordable housing in this year’s session.

A housing task force this week recommended more than a dozen policies that can help Indiana address its affordable housing crisis.

Indiana housing advocates are hoping to see permanent federal rental assistance funding put in place to help with the state’s ongoing eviction crisis.

The co-chair of a new Indiana housing task force says, under current conditions, it would take the state 20 years to meet the housing needs of lower-income Hoosiers.

The program will use $50 million in American Rescue Plan funds to provide grants to nonprofit developers. They can use the money to finance construction of new homes, or to rehab existing ones.

The plan includes funding for creating affordable housing, eviction prevention support, and financial assistance that will help families experiencing homelessness find new housing.

The project is being proposed by Devereaux Peters, a former University of Notre Dame basketball player who went on to play in the WNBA.

The council had originally denied the zoning change for the proposed apartment complex on the former Western Rubber brownfield site in a 4 to 3 vote earlier this month. But on Monday, it reversed course.