2017 Indiana Housing Conference Re-cap

Indiana Housing Conference Keynote: Two Chicks and a Hammer...6

Lt. Governor awards 2017 Excellence in Affordable Housing...8

2017 IHCDA Charity Golf Outing...10

VIPS: Visually-Impaired Preschool Services...12

In This Issue

The Alley: Warsaw's CreatINg Places Alley Activation...4

Gary, Indiana: Placemaking from Blight...16

Investable Indiana Program...18

Do I Pay for Rent or Do I Eat?...20

Union Home Mortgage: An IHCDA Participating Lender...21

Ribbon Cuttings & Groundbreakings...22

Real Services Kitchen...24

Huntingburg: "A City Like No Other"...26

The Faces of OOR...28

2017 Institute Finale...30

Artist Housing Coming to Decatur and Greenfield...32

LIHTC Owners Can Assist Persons Displaced by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma...34

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COVER: Ray Lay: The journey from homelessness to homeownership

In a suburban Indianapolis neighborhood is a house with a wooden sign beside the front door which reads simply, “Lay est. 2017. Welcome”. It is the home of Ray Lay, a formerly homeless, honorably discharged U.S. Marine who lives with and is recovering from a dual diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder and poly substance abuse issues...more

FROM JAKE'S DESK: Interest in Education

The Interest in Education program allows Development Fund borrowers to defer existing annual interest payments on their loans to set-up CollegeChoice 529 plans for eligible residents in their affordable housing developments or sponsor 21st Century Scholar students located within the local community of the development....more