Do you know how much it costs to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Indianapolis? Or how easy (or difficult) it is to find an affordable place that’s big enough for your family?

A new report from the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana shows how much things have changed here for renters over the years — generally for the worse.

Findings in the report range from low vacancy rates to so-called “junk fees,” such as an administrative payment that might run you hundreds of dollars.

But before you skim through the data, you can test your knowledge to see how much you know about the burdens renters are facing.

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How much do you actually know about renting in Indianapolis?

by Tyler Fenwick, Mirror Indy
November 12, 2025

<h1>How much do you actually know about renting in Indianapolis?</h1> <p class="byline">by Tyler Fenwick, Mirror Indy <br />November 12, 2025</p> <p>Do you know how much it costs to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Indianapolis? Or how easy (or difficult) it is to find an affordable place that’s big enough for your family?</p> <p>A <a href="https://www.fhcci.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FHCCI-Rental-Housing-Report-2025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">new report from the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana</a> shows how much things have changed here for renters over the years — generally for the worse.</p> <p>Findings in the report range from low vacancy rates to so-called “junk fees,” such as an administrative payment that might run you hundreds of dollars.</p> <p>But before you skim through the data, you can test your knowledge to see how much you know about the burdens renters are facing.</p> <div class="wp-block-group is-style-border"> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/indianapolis-rent-burdens-increase-low-income-families-marion-county-fair-housing/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=66979&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/indianapolis-rent-burdens-increase-low-income-families-marion-county-fair-housing/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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