Work to end homelessness in Indianapolis faces significant challenges with new priorities for federal funding.

One service provider said she cried when she found out IHA would not issue vouchers.

The Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development recently announced the opening of two applications for $11 million in grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Indianapolis community members push for more investment in permanent housing as city moves forward with a new shelter dubbed the ‘Housing Hub’.

An overhaul of the Indianapolis Housing Agency is underway. Local and federal officials said work to improve agency operations starts with basic record reconciliation.

The move comes after years of dysfunction and mismanagement at the agency responsible for providing affordable housing in Indianapolis.

The annual funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will ensure the only fair housing nonprofit in the state stays open.

The program will provide tenant-based rental assistance, short-term rent, mortgage and utility assistance as well as other supportive services to 212 households each year.

More than 50 projects to improve housing and communities in Indianapolis will receive federal funds.

Many initiatives to help people experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis will receive more than $6.3 million in federal funding.