( MIRROR INDY ) — Changes to two housing programs spell the same thing for Indianapolis: Fewer resources to house people experiencing homelessness.
Officials for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development informed housing agencies this month that the agency would be sunsetting a pandemic-era program that provided emergency housing vouchers to tenants.
At the same time, the Indianapolis Housing Agency will no longer issue homeless preference vouchers, a small pool of Section 8 vouchers doled out monthly that allowed tenants in dire situations to quickly receive housing assistance…