eviction

The Indiana Eviction Justice Network began as a group of teams based in religious congregations in central Indiana that sent people to eviction courts to monitor what happened there.

Indiana has one of the worst eviction rates in the country. Advocates say Indiana’s housing crisis can be traced to bad policy.

Less than one-fifth of renters in the United States are Black. But more than half of eviction filings are against Black renters.

The kiosks will initially focus on serving Hoosiers facing eviction or housing instability and will expand to include other legal topics next year.

Tenant advocates have long argued that eviction filings can serve as a permanent “scarlet E” that harms a renter's chances of getting housing in the future.

Beginning next month, judges hearing eviction cases in the state must inform the landlord and tenant of pre-eviction resources.

After the U.S. Supreme Court recently blocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's eviction moratorium, there’s a brighter spotlight than ever on evictions, which are increasing in number even as they continued throughout most of the pandemic.

As of Aug. 4, the program has received 791 requests for mediation. Only 48 cases have actually been facilitated and just 26 of those resulted in a tenant staying in their property.