Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Anyone that needs rental assistance, who is not currently receiving it from another source, should consider applying to this new program if they meet the eligibility requirements, found here.
Eligibility Requirements
Click Here to Access The Assistance Portal
INHP Rent-focused mortgage lending
It’s not uncommon for renters to begin exploring homeownership only to be stopped by their credit challenges. Even if they are committed to paying their rent bill each month, people can get stuck in long-term rental situations because of their imperfect credit.
At INHP, we are determined to find innovative ways to help families reach their goals, especially when we know there are successful renters who are capable of being successful homeowners when given the opportunity.
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Indy Renter Help
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Trinity Haven
Trinity Haven provides safe, affirming housing for LGBTQ+ youth experiencing housing instability.
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Emergency Youth Shelter | Stopover, Inc
Call our 24-Hour Crisis Line 317.635.9301. Stopover provides safe shelter, supportive services, and housing to unaccompanied youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis.
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Model organizations
City Life / Vida Urbana
Read about how a few tenants organizing in 1973 prevented evictions and became a force for low-income housing in Boston.
Link: https://www.clvu.org/history
BASTA
Learn about how BASTA in California pioneered having tenants take their cases to Jury trial to even the odds in court.
Link: https://www.basta.org/aboutus
Internet Resources for Low-Income Families in Indianapolis
This resource provides detailed information on your local organizations that provide discounted distance learning devices, remote learning programs, and free wireless internet access in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis Low Income Housing
Find affordable rentals & housing options for low income families and individuals.
CHIP Handbook of Help - available in multiple languages
Helping Veterans and Families (HVAF) Indiana
Indianapolis Tenant Hotline (Marion County residents only)
This new tenant initiative provides legal information about tenant's rights, and makes referrals to legal aid, when appropriate:
Hotline: (317) 327-2228 (2ACT)
Tenant Legal Assistance Project
This hotline assists low-income tenants who live in Marion County and are facing legal questions about eviction, habitability and other tenant-landlord issues. Legal assistance is offered by phone every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1pm.
Hotline: (317)-973-1673
Indiana Legal Help
Hoosiers facing eviction can talk to a lawyer at free legal aid clinics offered regularly around the state. At a clinic, lawyers are there to explain tenant’s rights and responsibilities, prepare participants for the eviction process, help with eviction sealing, and provide referrals to other services. Clinics are held in person at convenient locations like courts or libraries or remotely through Zoom.
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DSA Housing For All
Has a campaign of supporting tenants across Indiana. Click "learn More" below to view resources listed for tenants.
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KC Tenants - COVID Organizing Toolkit
KC Tenants, an organization led by a multiracial, anti-racist, multigenerational base of poor and working class tenants in Kansas City, created a detailed toolkit to help tenants organize, no matter your previous experience with organizing. Get information about what is a tenant union and how to start organizing one. You can find the organizing toolkit below.
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New Tool for Renters and Landlords
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