INDIANAPOLIS — City leaders broke ground Oct. 30 on the Indianapolis Housing Hub, marking the ceremonial start of construction on the city's first low-barrier shelter.

A low-barrier shelter is a facility that may not require a criminal background check, sobriety, or even identification for entry. Those are obstacles that can prevent immediate access at existing shelters.

“Soon, no one who calls this city their home will have to spend a day and a night on our streets,” said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett.

According to the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention & Prevention, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis by 7% this year, to 1,800 men and women. That's the highest number in almost five years.

The Indianapolis Housing Hub will sit just east of downtown nea

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