| This monthly newsletter provides information and updates from the Real Estate Department (RED) at the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA). If you have a specific interest or subject area that you would like to read more about please contact us.
 Featured Event
On March 15th three members of
IHCDA’s staff traveled to Elkhart for La Casa’s annual luncheon. The program
for the luncheon focused on several of the success stories told by the people
whom La Casa had served. Overall the luncheon helped
reinforce how important partnerships are in the community development industry.
This allowed IHCDA a chance to see what one our partners is accomplishing in
their community, giving us the ability to share those successes with the rest
of the state.
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 My Community, My Vision Final Event
On
Wednesday, April 19th, high school students from Crawfordsville,
Fort Wayne, Greenfield, Greensburg, and Shelbyville will come together at The
Platform in Indianapolis to present their youth-driven plans for their communities
to local and state government officials, Ball State students and faculty. Over the past several months,
these students have been learning about the community planning process from Ball State Urban
Planning graduate students. Their goal is to apply these principles to their hometowns. Each student group has
worked with their local
city planner and government officials and held public meetings in their respective
communities. Click here for more information about MCMV.
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Ramp Up Indiana Update
As of March 28, 2017, the 10% match requirement has been
removed from the Ramp Up Indiana grant program. Most items like in-kind
donations, other grants, and volunteer labor that were eligible for Match are
now eligible for points in the Financing scoring category of the application.
The updated policy and forms will be posted on the Ramp Up webpage later this
week. Please contact Real Estate Production Analyst, Dani Miller with any questions.
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Indiana Supportive Housing Institute
The 2017 annual Indiana Supportive Housing Institute kicked
off on March. Teams representing Columbus, Elkhart, Indianapolis,
Martinsville, and Plymouth gathered for three days to begin developing their
concepts around creating supportive housing to end homelessness in their
communities. The Institute is a partnership between IHCDA and CSH. Teams will complete the Institute process in August and then be eligible to
apply for HOME and National Housing Trust Fund grants.
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CreatINg Places Update
The CreatINg Places program is IHCDA’s funding program for
placemaking projects. It is a partnership with Patronicity that combines
donation and reward-based crowdfunding with IHCDA grant dollars to implement
placemaking projects in public spaces. Since its launch in the fall of 2016,
five projects have successfully raised money for projects in their communities.
Warsaw is home to our most recent project currently raising funds in order to
activate an alley with artwork, bike racks, tables and chairs, wi-fi and more.
Learn more about the CreatINg Places program here or contact Carmen
Lethig at clethig@ihcda.in.gov.
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 National Development Partnership
IHCDA has
partnered with the National Development Council to host the Rental
Housing Development Finance Professional (RHDFP) Certification Program. The
RHDFP Certification Program is a three-course training series that thoroughly
examines the practice of affordable rental housing finance and development…more.
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