Indy renters want solutions for high rent rates

Indiana is one of five states, including Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho and North Carolina, without any concrete renter’s protection laws. According to Rent Café, the average rent in Indianapolis for an 876-square-foot apartment is $1,193. Carmel ranks the highest, with an average rent at $1,623. “Indianapolis rent has shot up 30% since last year. It is the highest increase in the whole country. How are you supposed to make three times the rent to move in? Minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 an hour,” said Dee Ross, one of the organizers of the “Rent Too High” town hall held on Dec. 11.   RELATED: Rent prices are up in Indianapolis Indy renters want solutions Led by the Indiana Tenants Association, community organizers and individuals met at the Indiana Historical Society to discuss how leaders can protect Hoosiers from rising rental price rates.   City Counsil President, Vop Osili, the Honorable Judge Gerald Coleman, attorney Patrick Chavis, executive director of Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc., Amy Nelson, policy director of Prosperity Indiana, Andrew Bradley, and Senator Fady Quaddoura were on a panel discussion for the event. Trying to find solutions to ease the financial burden, their goal was to educate the room...