Tag: HANDS City of Fort Wayne Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services
2025-26 Efforts provide 4,055 safe shelter nights for homeless
Fort Wayne’s Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services joined local nonprofit agencies today to report results from the 2025-26 winter contingency emergency shelter efforts, which provided 4,055 safe shelter nights for people with no housing.
Approximately 350 people attend 8th annual Fair Housing Summit
Approximately 350 people attended the eighth annual City of Fort Wayne Fair Housing Summit today.
Results of 2025-26 winter emergency shelter efforts to be released – 4/27/2026
The City of Fort Wayne's Community Development’s Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services will join several local nonprofit agencies to report results from the 2025-26 winter contingency emergency shelter efforts on April 27, 2026.
Construction begins on The Landing Exchange
Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker joined The Model Group representatives today to highlight construction is underway on the $20 million The Landing Exchange project, 555 S. Harrison St.
Applications open for nonprofit grants
Applications are now open for nonprofits to apply for Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Solutions Grant funding.
Registration now open for the free 2026 Fair Housing Summit – 4/22/2026
Registration is now open for the free 2026 Fair Housing Summit featuring the author of There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.
Fort Wayne earns 2026 CPTED Project of the Year award
The City of Fort Wayne’s High Street CPTED Pilot Area initiative has captured the 2026 Project of the Year award from the U.S. CPTED Association.
HANDS Board of Directors meeting cancelled – 1/6/2026
The Housing and Neighborhood Development Services Board of Directors public meeting scheduled for January 6, 2026, has been cancelled.
Agencies offering expanded emergency shelter options during winter months
Together with the City of Fort Wayne’s Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services, local agencies have prepared the annual winter contingency/emergency shelter plan, which will be in effect from December 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026.
New Hope Through Heat Program open for applications
For residents who don’t have an operating furnace or boiler, there’s hope for a warm winter.