Residents of Fountain Square urge city action amid expanding homeless encampment

INDIANAPOLIS — Since the end of 2024, what started as a single tent has expanded to approximately 30 tents.

“I now have 30 new neighbors that just set up a tent and have the same area, same property, and don’t experience the same treatment of having taxes applied and maintaining their property,” Mike Kreuzman, a Fountain Square resident who lives near the encampment, said.

Kreuzman, who moved to Fountain Square in 2017 for its proximity to bars and restaurants, says the encampment has negatively impacted the desirability of the area.

“I would like to see it removed and get the assistance to those people that they need,” he added…

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