by Matt Nowlin | Aug 5, 2022 | Community Development, Equity, Equity Hub
More than 3.5 million U.S. households are threatened with eviction each year, a poignant illustration of rising housing costs. On a macro level, the causes of eviction can be complex: a convergence of poverty and low wages, rising rent costs, inflation, and drug and...
by Matt Nowlin | May 26, 2022 | Community Development, Equity, Equity Hub
Indiana Senate Bill 230 would have required landlords to make necessary repairs to their properties. We examine the renters impacted by the bill’s failure. There are 294,000 people living in 170,000 low-income renter households. Most of these individuals are...
by Matt Nowlin | Apr 14, 2022 | Community Development, Equity, Equity Hub
This report examines more than one million loan applications filed in Central Indiana from 2007 to 2020 to investigate racial and geographic differences in loan denial rates. In 2021, we demonstrated the statistical relationship between historic redlining and a host...
by Matt Nowlin | Mar 27, 2022 | Community Development, Equity, Equity Hub, Poverty & Income
The latest update from the National Housing Preservation Database (now available in SAVI) shows that there was a slight increase in the number of subsidized housing units in the Indianapolis region between 2018 and 2021. The region added 856 units for a total of...
How is Indianapolis Doing?In Community Development, Coronavirus Hub, Crime & Safety, Economy, InfrastructureNovember 14, 2022
The Good Jobs GapIn Economy, Equity HubNovember 1, 2022
Follow the Money: Indianapolis Evictions in 2022In Community Development, Equity, Equity HubAugust 5, 2022