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Photo courtesy John Winters Thanks to The Boren Foundation, and Jack and Karen Kay Leonard for making this website possible. |
Indianapolis Rental Housing Quality
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Thanks to Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, and Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Alliance for Healthy Homes for providing funding and guidance that made this research possible. |
According to the 2000 Census, Marion County has 133,901 rental units 41.3% of all homes. Most of these rental units are in excellent shape. Thousands of good landlords who care about their customers and their properties exceed the minimum standards set by the Marion County housing code and comply with Indiana's landlord-tenant law.
Unfortunately, Marion County has no systematic method to ensure that all landlords meet the minimum legal requirements. Marion County Health Department (MCHD) the agency that enforces the housing code relies on complaints, lead poisoning investigations, and occasional systematic enforcement of specific apartment complexes to identify compliance problems. This reactive approach has serious shortcomings that research by IKE has made clear threatens the health and well-being of Marion County renters, especially children.
IKE has made it a priority to improve the quality of rental housing in Indianapolis. It has taken a multi-facets approach to assess the situation and redress the various problems.
Why Indianapolis Rental Housing Quality? Facts, Figures, Tables and Charts
Draft Ordinance Developed by IKE to Improve Rental Housing Quality in Indianapolis
Details on Meridian Street apartment buildings including photos, copies of risk assessments, and additional information for each property inventories by IKE
Details on apartment buildings on streets other than Meridian Street including photos, copies of risk assessments, and additional information for each property inventories by IKE
Articles in Indiana Lead-Safe and Healthy Homes Newsletter on Indianapolis Rental Housing Quality since September 2003.
- April 2005 - Indy Council President Talley Makes Kids a Priority
- February 2005 - Indy's Van Rooy Property Managers Get Lead-Safe Indiana Award
- December 2004 - HUD Enforcement in Indy
- December 2004 - Rental Housing Quality Ordinance Hearing and Corrections
- December 2004 - WISH-TV in Indy Focuses on Lead
- October 2004 - Rental Housing Quality Meetings in Indianapolis on November 22
- October 2004 - Landlords Respond to Lead Hazard Repairs Orders in Indianapolis in a Variety of Ways
- September 2004 - 24 of 26 Buildings Have Lead Hazards on Meridian Street
- September 2004 - HUD and EPA in Indy for Compliance Investigations
- September 2004 - Rental Housing Quality Meetings in Indianapolis in October
- September 2004 - Housing Code Enforcement in Indianapolis
- July 2004 - Indy Paint Retailer Task Force Meets
- July 2004 - IKE Refers 18 Landlords to HUD
- July 2004 - Professional Leadership Among Landlords in Indy
- July 2004 - Indy and Fort Wayne Pursue HUD Grants
- March 2004 - Indy - Marion County Lead Elimination Plan
- March 2004 - Marion County Considers Rental Housing Quality Code
- October 2003 - No Luck with HUD for Indianapolis
- September 2003 - Leveraging Federal Lead Hazard Disclosure Law - IKE's Offer
- September 2003 - Problem Landlords Identified
- September 2003 - Indy's Citizen Healthy Homes Initiative
Contact IKE's Tom Neltner at 317-442-3973 or mccabe@ikecoalition.org for more information.