Homelessness & Panhandling

Service Enhancement:
GOAL: Support increased levels of service to homeless populations including a comprehensive approach to establish low-barrier shelters and wraparound service treatment models. Allow funds from Medicaid 1115 waiver to be used for homelessness intervention and prevention services

Local Government Finance

Home Rule:
GOAL: Allow local government greater flexibility over their own structural and fiscal matters to address the needs of their individual communities

SB148 Zoning and Housing Matters PASSED *Not on our agenda but watched*

• Provides that any regulation of landlord-tenant relationships must be set at the state-level; overrules local ordinances in Indianapolis, Bloomington, South Bend, and other communities
• Makes it illegal to retaliate against a renter who reports unlivable conditions (critics say this ordinance lacks teeth, is unenforceable, and substantially less robust than Indianapolis’ ordinance)
• Requires mobile home community operator to give owners at least 180 days’ notice before closing community
• Amends statute concerning manufactured homes located outside of mobile home community

Township Finances:
GOAL: Require township funds that exceed 150% of operating expenses to be spent on infrastructure projects within the township or credited to the taxpayer

Government Modernization

Redistricting Reform:
GOAL: Support non-partisan redistricting reform that increases and encourages competition of ideas, decreases polarization in legislative and congressional districts, accurately reflects historic trends in statewide elections and maintains communities of interest and adheres to local political boundaries

UniGov:
GOAL: Seek greater efficiencies in municipal service delivery and finance in Marion County by building on the principles of unified government, including county-wide consolidation of fire departments

Statewide:
GOAL: Continue efforts to streamline overlapping government functions through statewide implementation of recommendations made by the Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform to increase accountability, transparency and effectiveness of local governments

Government Innovation:
GOAL: Continue support of the state’s Management & Performance Hub to foster a more transparent, innovative state government, and encourage local governments to create Offices of Innovation to drive policies that similarly inspire open data, transparency, and efficiencies that can result in greater economic activity and workforce development

Healthcare Data:
GOAL: Support strategies to improve availability, quality, and verifiability of data on the price, quality, and utilization of healthcare services that can be easily accessed and understood by patients, healthcare providers and employers