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ALICE, an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, is a new way of defining and understanding the struggles of households that earn above the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford a bare-bones household budget.  ALICE households struggle to pay monthly bills and have to make hard decisions about how to spend their money. 

ALICE is your child care worker, the cashier at your supermarket, the gas attendant, the salesperson at your big box store, your waitress, a home health aide, an office clerk, even a teacher.

The ALICE report lets non profits, elected officials, schools, and communities understand exactly who ALICE is within our community, how many ALICE are in our community, and how ALICE budgets stand up to budgets found within our community.  https://iuw.org/alice/

Indiana ALICE Report

The ALICE Report even breaks the data down by county and town.  See Johnson County data at ALICE County Report. 

 From housing assistance to resources for low-income families, this guide shares over 40 ways to help fund treatment and living expenses for those affected by cancer. If you’re here because you’re a cancer patient who needs financial assistance, you are not alone.  https://www.asbestos.com/cancer/finanical-aid-cancer-patients/

Hud defines affordable housing as, "keeping housing costs below 30 percent of income is intended to ensure that households have enough money to pay for other nondiscretionary costs; therefore, policymakers consider households who spend more than 30 percent of income on housing costs to be housing cost burdened."

• Though data is older, Affordable Housing Explained & Affordable Housing 101 gives informative definitions of affordable housing and ideas surrounding affordable housing. 
• The Housing and Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index provides a comprehensive view of affordability that includes both the cost of housing and the cost of transportation at the neighborhood level.

The Indiana Housing Dashboard is a great tool to use as we begin to learn about more housing in Johnson County.  

Currently data is mostly available through  2018. As we look to this data, we must keep in mind the rise in prices and change in market since 2018.  As data from the 2021 census becomes available, the dashboard will be updated.

Affordable Senior Housing

not exclusively affordable

Greenwood Health And Living Community (888) 595-9061 

Hearth At Stones Crossing Hearth At Stones (888) 539-5370 

Homeview Center Of Franklin (877) 666-3231 

Bickford Of Greenwood (888) 595-9061 

Christina Place (866) 892-7533 

Franklin Meadows (888) 539-5370 

Greenwood Meadows (877) 666-3231 

Indiana Masonic Home & Health Center (888) 595-9061 

Country Charm (866) 892-7533 

Hickory Creek (888) 539-5370 

Low Income Apartment Communities

not exclusively affordable 

Beacon Pointe Apartments (844) 426-3085 

Cambridge Square Greenwood Apartments (317) 882-1511 

Cottages at Sheek Road (844) 4434927 1257  Cove Apartments (317) 736-6264 2015 The Gables Apartments (317) 883-2136 1497 Yorktowne Farms (317) 887-0517  

Lakeview II  (317) 736-6290 

Main Street Commons (317) 885-7720 Traditions Apartments (317) 868-1263 1600 

Other Affordable Housing Resources:

Affordable Housing List

Federal Dollars:

$30.2B Mortgage-Interest Tax Deduction

$23.8B Tenant-Based Rental Assistance

$12.6B Project-Based Rental Assistance

$9.4B Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

$7.4B Public Housing Funds

$3.4B Community Development Block Grants*

State Dollars:

Indiana Affordable Housing & Community Development Fund 

Housing First

$2.5M Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit*

Many of the programs listed are managed by the Indiana Housing Community & Development Authority. Communities, non-profits, developers, property owners, and homeowners can apply for these funds through IHCDA's programs.

*https://archive.curbed.com/2019/5/15/18617763/affordable-housing-policy-rent-real-estate-apartment

*https://my.yupub.com/?tid=07d5cfe8-39e4-4157-a216-12901ebdf597#/page1

Rental Units:

HAND (Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development) provides a great example for what affordable housing could look like in Johnson County, small units that visually fit and are needed within the separate neighborhoods.  

Tiny Home Developments:

Tiny home developments can create spaces for specific groups of people; i.e. 65 and older, veterans, teachers, single parent families.  Visually the homes can be built to fit in any area or community.  Examples: 65 and older, Southern Indiana veterans, Terre Haute veterans, transition out of homelessness, popularity

Multi-Type Housing Developments:

Multi-type Housing Developments are house-scale buildings with multiple units—compatible in scale and form with detached single-family homes—located in a walkable neighborhood. Missing Middle Housing

Multi-Family Housing Developments:

Multi-Family Housing Developments usually also include mixed used development.  Many times only a certain percentage of the development is set aside as affordable.  

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Other Non-Development Ideas That Foster Affordable Housing:

Housing Study

Housing Task Force

Landlord Registry

Inclusionary Zoning

Code Simplification

Rezoning

Family Eviction Prevention Partnership

There are so many different and creative solutions to affordable housing.  This list is not cumulative by any means, but offers a few suggestions. 

Hud defines affordable housing as, "keeping housing costs below 30 percent of income is intended to ensure that households have enough money to pay for other nondiscretionary costs; therefore, policymakers consider households who spend more than 30 percent of income on housing costs to be housing cost burdened."

And yet, this does not account for the transportation cost associated with living in a certain location.  A housing location can be affordable, but if the transportation going to and from work, school, etc is exorbitant then the household will still struggle.  

The Housing and Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index provides a more comprehensive view of affordability that includes both the cost of housing and the cost of transportation at the neighborhood level.

Housing and Transportation costs should remain under 45% of a household's income in order for the location to be affordable.

Other Resources on Housing and Transportation Connections:

https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/housing-and-transportation-affordability

Access Johnson County provides Johnson County, Indiana with public transportation since 1963. 

Two types of services are offered:

Public Routes

• These routes run daily with a set schedule and location throughout Johnson County

Curb to Curb

• Rides require a reservation and will pick client up at their curb and drop them to a specific location's curb all within Johnson County  
• Often there is a very long wait with not enough resources to offer this to all clients that need the service
• Reservations are required

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