09/12/2026
❤️🚙 Do you know an Indianapolis parking lot that sits empty overnight? Our clients need it. With more than 400 folks on our waitlist, we need to expand. And fast.
A place of worship.
A business.
A nonprofit.
A community organization.
If you have a parking lot that’s mostly empty at night, you have something incredibly valuable: a safe place for someone experiencing homelessness and living in their car to sleep.
Safe Park Indy is looking for new Lot Hosts — organizations willing to designate at least 10 overnight parking spaces for people who are living in their vehicles due to homelessness.
Safe Park Indy manages the program. We screen participants, coordinate nightly check-in, establish rules and expectations, provide supplies and portable restrooms, and support the people staying at the lot.
If your first thought is, “But is it safe?” — we understand.
There are a lot of stereotypes about people experiencing homelessness. The reality of the people we serve looks very different.
Our average client is in their 40s. Most are working. Many have a college education. For the majority, this is the first time they have ever experienced homelessness.
They are people who had apartments, jobs, routines and ordinary lives — until a job loss, eviction, medical crisis, relationship change or rising housing costs knocked everything sideways.
And since Safe Park Indy began, we have maintained a **100% safety record at our lots.**
For someone sleeping in their car, a few parking spaces can mean not wondering where they’ll be allowed to sleep tonight. Not being awakened and told to move along. Not spending the night afraid.
Your empty parking lot could become someone’s safe place tonight.
Learn more or contact us at safeparkindy.org. Let’s chat!
Our mission is simple: to offer a secure place to sleep, access to essential resources, and a pathway toward stability and opportunity. We are the state’s first and only formal safe parking program.
