{"id":547463,"date":"2026-03-27T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/547463\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:00:11","slug":"circle-city-village-breaks-ground-to-address-chronic-homelessness-in-indianapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/547463\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle City Village breaks ground to address chronic homelessness in Indianapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new supportive housing project on Indy’s west side aims to provide for the city’s most-chronically homeless.<\/p>\n

INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 A new supportive housing project<\/a> on Indianapolis’ west side aims to provide for the city’s most-chronically homeless.<\/p>\n

A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Thursday, March 26 at Circle City Village, a micro-community being built in the 1200 block of South Lynhurst Drive, near West Washington Street.<\/p>\n

According to Sanctuary Indy, Phase I of the project will include six tiny homes to accommodate individuals and couples. Ten people have already been selected for the homes. There will also be staff support on site around the clock.<\/p>\n

Project costs are estimated at $1 million for the first phase, and about two-thirds of that budget is already covered by donations received.<\/p>\n

“The number of chronically-homeless individuals grew 204% in the last five years,” said Michelle Shelburne, founder of Sanctuary Indy. “Indianapolis’ existing programs that have kept non-chronic homelessness flat over the past six years have not been effective for our chronically-homeless neighbors. Circle City Village will address that gap.”<\/p>\n

RELATED: Demolition underway at 22nd and Meridian streets to make way for new affordable housing project<\/a><\/p>\n

Shelburne said some of the Indianapolis project is based on similar successful programs she and other supporters visited in Austin, Texas, and Springfield, Missouri.<\/p>\n

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The organization plans a second phase that will include two- and three-bedroom duplexes for 10 families, as well as a community center and a community garden. The timeline for Phase II hasn’t been announced.<\/p>\n

“I think this is what it looks like when God begins building. He brings not just materials together, but he brings community together,” said Pastor Ben Wakefield, of Lynhurst Baptist Church, which ones the land where the homes are being built.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says people are considered chronically homeless if they have been without housing for more than one year and have a diagnosed physical, mental and\/or developmental disability.\u00a0<\/p>\n

13News spoke with Barb G, who was homeless and will now live as a missional in the community, which means she will be a mentor to those who also move there.<\/p>\n

“Finally having a home, being able to cook meals, just being able to sit out on the porch and drink coffee and having time with the neighbors that we’ve already met,” Barb said on what she’s looking forward to about living at Circle City Village.<\/p>\n

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