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Valparaiso housing study shows city growing older; decline in younger residents points to university enrollment

A long-awaited study of Valparaiso’s housing stock notes that more than 3,300 households are “cost-burdened” and paying more than 30% of their income toward housing.

Parking issues complicate Valpo affordable housing plan

UPDATE: Valparaiso University sues city over parking plan for affordable housing proposal

UPDATE: Valparaiso University sues city over parking plan to covert former student housing

VALPARAISO — Valparaiso University has filed a lawsuit challenging the city s recent approval of a parking variance sought by a developer as part of a plan to convert what had been dedicated student housing to affordable rental units. The University has been prejudiced by the Decision in that, as an adjacent landowner, Eastgate s Petition threatens the safety, accessibility, and impairment of the area, according to the suit targeting the city s Board of Zoning Appeals and Eastgate Investments. Here are tips to prevent your home from being broken into. Remember, if you observe a suspicious person or behavior, call 911. At issue is a proposed conversion of two of the four buildings at the Uptown East development, which is described in the lawsuit as fronting Roosevelt Road, LaPorte Avenue and Lincolnway across from the university.

Valpo student housing to be converted for workers

VALPARAISO — The city is working to turn two apartment buildings now used for Valparaiso University students into affordable housing, Mayor Matt Murphy said. Murphy, in his annual State of the City address, said the city is working with the owners of the four Uptown East buildings on East Lincolnway to convert the buildings as part of the city’s Valpo Works program. Tenants of the 119 apartments would be workers whose household income is 50% to 70% of the area’s median, Murphy said. “The owners of Uptown intend to invest more than $3 million in this conversion,” Murphy said. The Valpo Chamber and Valparaiso Economic Development Corp., both housed next door to City Hall, have agreed to help spread the word to local businesses, he said.