Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-7-18-22

Sec. 22. (a) Notwithstanding any statute regarding rentals of, preferences or eligibility for admissions to, or occupancy of dwellings in housing projects, during the period that a housing authority finds that there is an acute need for housing to assure the availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities or for victims of a major disaster, it may:

(b) For purposes of this section, persons engaged in national defense activities are:

(c) For purposes of this section, a major disaster is a flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe that, as determined by the fiscal body that established the housing authority, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant the use of available resources of the federal, state, and local governments to alleviate the resulting damage, hardship, and suffering.