Another great piece of investigative reporting by Indy Star’s Ko Lyn Cheang. The Indiana legislature is packed with home builders and landlords. That they don’t see the conflict of interest is troubling. They are either incapable or ignorant - either way it’s a problem.

This is a fascinating conversation from Climate One about the relationship between environmentalism and housing. It’s not what you think.

“Why does the state of Indiana protect the landlord instead of tenants' stability and security? Perhaps more importantly, who benefits from Indiana’s deep protections of landlords and disregard for the stability and security of tenants?”

America’s housing crisis has reached unfathomable proportions. But new construction isn’t enough to solve it.

Code enforcement is often disregarded in the affordable/equitable housing conversation. Purcell’s report highlights that it is one of the primary problems, not just a contributing factor. He also highlights that the city and state have lax housing and health code enforcement.

A measure allowing utility companies to ask courts to appoint receivers over certain landlords behind on their utility bills passed unanimously out of a Senate committee Thursday.

We need to stop making assumptions about Indiana and face the reality that affordable housing just doesn’t exist.

Sounds like a no-brainer, but in most cases homelessness and housing are seen as separate issues. Changing the homelessness mindset to a housing mindset broadens everything and gets those operating in both, mostly separate arena, working together.

Another story of Indianapolis renters who are forced to live in inhabitable conditions because their landlords will not make repairs.

Los Angeles is using predictive algorithms to identify people who might be at risk of evictions and homelessness. Imagine having a tool that let’s us help someone before they get to the point of eviction or homelessness!

I’m not seeing anything on here about housing or evictions relief. Are you?