Prosperity Indiana

Community land trust property assessments bills unlikely to pass this session

Bente Bouthier

Two similar bills supporting community land trusts are most likely dead at the statehouse.

Prosperity Indiana: Policy needed supporting land trusts and land banks

Bente Bouthier

Land trusts and land banks are one way to increase stable and affordable housing in the state, according to housing advocates with Prosperity Indiana.

Housing was a top priority at the Statehouse in 2023, following the work of a legislative task force the year before.

Advocates say lawmakers fell short of addressing critical housing needs

Brandon Smith

The big housing bill of this year's legislative session, HB1005, doesn’t include any language aimed at affordability for lower-income Hoosiers, the population with the biggest affordable housing shortage.

TWG Development worked with Centerstone, which will provide some counseling resources to Seymour Loft residents.

Low income apartments open in Seymour, but advocates say more needed

Bente Bouthier

An income-restricted apartment complex in Seymour opened Tuesday, though tenants started moving in sooner.

Nearly three quarters of the lowest-income Hoosiers have to spend at least half of their income on housing.

Indiana worst in Midwest for cost burden on lowest-income renters

Brandon Smith

Nearly three quarters of the lowest-income Hoosiers have to spend at least half of their income on housing.

Housing advocates worry Supreme Court order on eviction diversion won't be effective

Brandon Smith

Indiana housing advocates fear the state Supreme Court’s effort to help curb evictions won’t be very effective.