Mayor Joe Hogsett said the city will use every available resource to hold the property owner accountable for putting tenants at risk. The president of the organization, Oron Zarum, did not respond to email requests for comment. Indianapolis: Tenants at Lakeside Pointe suffered years of neglect. ![]() ![]() They failed to show for a January Marion County demolition hearing, causing the hearing to be postponed to March. Two fire-damaged buildings at Lakeside Pointe still sit, an eyesore, unrepaired and undemolished, months after a blaze destroyed them. Meanwhile, Capital Place apartments is listed as a property belonging to JPC Affordable Housing Inc, another name for the group, on their 2019 non-profit tax form.īut one thing is clear: every apartment JPC Charities are known to own in Indianapolis has racked up more than 500 housing code violations in the past seven years, and tenants report abject conditions.įrom January 2015 to Aug. 19, 2021, a total of 8,379 violations were reported at seven of the Indianapolis complexes the group owned at the time, according to an IndyStar public record request of Health Department data. The property magnate that is JPC Charities operates under many names, making it difficult to track which apartments they own.īy analyzing the tax forms of the apartments and Marion County tax assessors’ property cards, IndyStar found that Berkley Commons apartments, listed as being owned by ‘Berkley Commons LLC’ on property cards, is registered to the same address as JPC Charities. ![]() More than 500 housing code violations racked up
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