Sunlight spilled across the Brothers’ Keeper shelter on Broadway on Monday as community members packed into the building for an announcement that could redefine how the city serves homeless men and veterans. The gathering centered on plans for a new Brothers’ Keeper facility, a project leaders said will expand services and create a more stable […]
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Gary Nurse Helps Bring New Life to Former Colonial Gardens Site
Leah Lewis stepped carefully over a crack in the pavement as she pointed to the remains of a crumbling home — one of several still standing on the old Colonial Gardens site. “We need to knock that one down next,” she said, motioning toward a house about 800 feet away. Six years ago, when the […]
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Jennifer McCormick Speaks on Taxes, Housing, and Gary’s Future
Indiana, now largely seen as a solidly red state, hasn’t always worn that designation. In 2008, the state turned blue for Barack Obama, just three years after a run that saw three democrats hold the state’s top office for nearly two decades from 1989-2005. Jennifer McCormick hopes she can break the more recent streak of […]
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Harris Team Introduces Comprehensive Plan to Address Housing Crisis
As the presidential election heats up, newly minted Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who has come under pressure to unveil her policy plans, has released a portion of her economic strategy to combat what is widely viewed as an affordable housing crisis in the United States. According to Gallup polls, the cost of housing is becoming […]
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Indiana Housing Crisis Hits Gary: Advocates Urge Governor to Form Commission
Clarice Henderson couldn’t shake the feeling that her home was falling apart. “The floors were dead; you would walk into a dip in the floor everywhere, even the bathroom. Every time we sat on the toilet, I thought we would fall through,” the Gary resident recalled, describing the difficulties of being a tenant with an […]
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Nearly 500 Advocates, Including Gary Groups, Urge Gov. Holcomb for Housing Commission
This story was originally published by The Indiana Citizen. A letter signed by nearly 500 Hoosier organizations and individuals was presented to Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday as part of a continued effort to persuade him to establish a statewide housing commission to tackle Indiana’s “extreme housing crisis.” The 485 signees to the letter, which […]
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Failures in Legislation at Statehouse Lead to Calls for a Housing Commission
Originally published by The Indiana Citizen At least 10 bills, aimed at tackling various aspects of Indiana’s housing crisis, including negligent landlords, foreclosures induced by medical debt and biased appraisals, were introduced at the start of the 2024 legislative session. However, the optimism that housing advocates shared at the beginning of the session has dissipated […]