INDIANAPOLIS — A Wednesday night panel was working to find solutions to homelessness across Indianapolis. City-County-Councilor Michael-Paul Hart (R) hosted it through his initiative Smart Indy — something he founded back in March as a way to track housing and homelessness.

“[We’re] trying to start brainstorming policy ideas that the council can then lead with so we’re not relying on what is ultimately always coming from the Mayor's office,” Hart said.

Community members submitted questions ahead of the meeting that were then asked of a team of homelessness experts local to the area. After nearly two hours of discussion, no single solution was discussed, but several ideas were brought up as ways to tackle the issue.

It’s an issue that Johnnie Chavis has been living for six years.

“They

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