The program is made possible through $448 million sent to the state via the latest federal COVID-19 relief package.

A proposed ban on Indiana cities and counties adopting local housing design standards is being pushed by a state lawmaker who owns a homebuilding company.

Hoosier housing experts say the coronavirus has put added pressure on many families. There may be fewer options to live with relatives, leaving more parents and children without a permanent residence. And that can hit the Black community especially hard. A look at the issue through the experience of a single father of five.

Many say grassroots nonprofit groups can reach those in need faster and more successfully, but achieving sustainability can be a challenge.

From 2014 to 2018, Marion County had a housing loss rate of 4.9 percent. About 17,500 households lost their homes each year. New America's Yuliya Panfil says the report takes a deep dive into census statistics to find which neighborhoods are in danger.

Indianapolis will invest $7 million in federal funding toward rapid rehousing efforts for people experiencing homelessness.

Indiana housing advocates say the new federal eviction moratorium is an opportunity for the state to address the larger housing instability crisis.

When the COVID shutdown hit, lots of people lost jobs and couldn't pay their rent. States and cities responded by putting a moratorium on evictions, but those are ending. Housing advocates are now bracing for a flood of evictions, and they fear that people who lose their homes will crowd in with friends or relatives -- helping COVID to spread.

Indiana's rental assistance program -- which received more than 30,000 applications in just a month -- ends Wednesday.

Indiana's moratorium on evictions is set to expire this week and additional pandemic unemployment benefits have already ended, and schools are on edge for what it could mean for students with unstable housing.