Indiana lawmakers kill bill to bolster tenant rights
A Senate committee voted to convert the bill into a summer study session, putting an end to chances of its advancing this year.
A Senate committee voted to convert the bill into a summer study session, putting an end to chances of its advancing this year.
After cries for help from tenants, the lawsuit could test limits of cities’ authority to enforce Indiana nuisance laws against negligent landlords.
Designed to tackle problem landlords, one bill would bring Indiana in step with 45 states by giving renters rights to enforce habitability standards.
A tenant said she is a victim of retaliation. Although illegal, lawyers say it still happens.
Indiana is one of only five states where tenants cannot withhold rent to force the landlord to make repairs or to pay for it themselves.
“Almost holy, a true sanctuary,” this 41,762-square-foot mansion at 4501 N. Michigan Road, sits on the former grounds of a Benedictine monastery.
White homeownership rates in Marion County have remained relatively unchanged for 50 years. But Black homeownership rates have declined by about 30%.
The bank plans to open two new branch offices and originate at least $20 million in mortgage loans in majority-Black neighborhoods.
Labor and supply shortages continue to affect many Christmas producers in Indiana and across the country.
One of the most notable trends? Urban revival. The neighborhoods with the most bidding wars are not in the suburbs but close to downtown.