renters

Affordable housing is out of reach for a majority of renters in Indiana – and the problem is only getting worse.

A bill to give Indiana renters more options to deal with negligent landlords was gutted by a Senate committee Wednesday.

Indiana lawmakers are expected to explore ways to help address the state’s housing crisis in the upcoming session. Ahead of that debate, the Notre Dame Student Policy Network and Prosperity Indiana proposed policies to help renters.

Nearly three quarters of the lowest-income Hoosiers have to spend at least half of their income on housing. That’s the worst rate in the Midwest and 13th worst in the country.

Rental rates have increased in Indiana, and one report says apartment prices in Indianapolis are up by as much as 10 percent since 2019.

A handful of bills authored in the Indiana General Assembly to address renters’ rights failed to receive hearings by this week’s deadline and will not advance.

Hoosiers from across the state gathered at the Indiana Statehouse Thursday to demand legislation to protect tenants. Organizers created Tenants Day of...

Judy Fox is a University of Notre Dame law professor and directs the school’s Economic Justice Clinic. She’s represented low-income clients on eviction…

The Indiana Senate voted Monday to override Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of a tenant-landlord bill passed last year. The move would restrict local governments…