The Streets to Home Indy partnership announced Friday that 18 people from the Leonard Street homeless encampment have been connected to permanent housing and supportive services.
WRTV confirmed Thursday that the encampment area is now clear.
The success comes just two months after Fountain Square residents expressed growing frustration over the expanding encampment, which had grown from a single tent at the end of 2024 to approximately 30 tents by July.
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“We’re proud to stand with our partners and announce that 18 formerly unsheltered individuals who had been staying outside are now safe in apartments with supportive services through the Streets to Home Indy initiative,” said Chelsea Haring-Cozzi, CEO of the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention & Prevention (CHIP). “This is what Streets to Home Indy is all about – connecting our most vulnerable neighbors with a stable place to call home, not displacement.”…