by Polis Center | Aug 5, 2022 | Community Development
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 Polis Center | May 26, 2022 | Community Development
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 Polis Center | Apr 14, 2022 | Community Development
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 Polis Center | Mar 27, 2022 | Community Development, 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...
by Polis Center | May 16, 2019 | Community Development, Economy
See How Your Neighborhood Has Changed Explore the Map Find more interactive content from our series on neighborhood change. Explore the Neighborhood Change Project No Results Found The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the...
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