Building World-Class Neighborhoods
Shepherd Of Faith and the City of Indianapolis Providing More Housing
and Hope on the near Eastside
1) Preserve and Increase the Availability of Low to Moderate Income Housing
Plan Objectives
2) Implement the Blueprint to End Homelessness
3) Employ the Fall Creek Place Model in Other Neighborhoods
4) Reduce the Number of Abandoned Houses
SOF to receive 100 homes from the City of Indianapolis
Homes targeted will be tax sale eligible homes
SOF to allow the availability of homes as rental units
for 10 years under the HOME Fund guidelines
At the end of 10 years sell homes as affordable housing
Neighborhood Revitalization
Shepherd of Faith Companies Inc.
Operates as a Community Development Corporation without boundaries to enhance the Metropolitan Indianapolis community by serving the needs of individuals who have suffered economic hardship as a result of adverse circumstances or from life-altering experiences that are beyond their control.
We were founded by Elder. Dr. Lionel Rush is a pastor and community leader who embodies the servant-leadership concept and is a world-changer in his community. As a faith-based organization, we are currently work with local state, federal and private entities to assist those are economically challenged, low income as well as the homeless and special needs people which include HIV patients, and those recovering from substance addictions attain affordable housing in the Metropolitan Indianapolis area.
We are also working with other local state and private entities to provide them with support services necessary for them to attain sustainability and stability. According to the “Blueprint to End Homelessness in Indianapolis”, the cost of housing people in such situations is very little in comparison to providing support services. The tangible and non tangible benefits far outweigh the costs in the long run.
Our mission lines up with the mission of the “Indianapolis Blueprint to End Homelessness” which is watched over by CHIP (Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention) another one of our collaborating partners.
It is our belief that “affordable housing is the first step toward gaining self-respect and self sufficiency.” Our motto is: “We provide Housing, Hope” for we take a multi-disciplinary approach by collaborating with local governmental (state and federal) agencies along with social service agencies to help our clients attain affordable housing.
Shepherd of Faith & City of Indianapolis
We are partnering by offering attractive housing as a community asset and a wealth building opportunity for local families.
By fostering the creation of a "future community vision"
and developing neighborhood strategies to achieve
that vision.
By managing and investing in local properties
and the common environment to improve the
community’s
aesthetic and physical quality.
Partnering in Community Development
THE
Shepherd Of Faith
COMPANIES
The Shepherd of Faith Holdings, Inc.
The Shepherd of Faith CDC
The Shepherd of Faith Transitional Homes
The Shepherd of Faith Home Finders
Elder Lionel Rush, PhD
Founder & President
55 S. State Street
Suite 359
Indianapolis, IN
46201
