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Professor Quigley Discusses Proposed Legislation Aimed at Negligent Landlords with Indianapolis Star
01/21/2022
Legislation has been introduced in both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly aimed at strengthening habitability standards for the state’s renters. A pair of stories about the measures, one published January 19, and another January 20, features commentary from Professor Fran Quigley, ’87.
Professor Quigley and students in his Health and Human Rights Clinic have been hard at work since the eviction moratorium ended in summer 2021 helping tenants in danger of losing their homes. They also have worked with tenants who live in substandard conditions. Tenants who live in uninhabitable conditions a landlord refuses to correct may contact the county health department, but the landlord may retaliate against the tenant, Professor Quigley notes in the story.
“You’re talking about folks living in standing water, with black mold, rodent-infested apartments, with dangerous electrical wiring problems,” Professor Quigley said in the story January 20 story. “I fear that Indiana is just biding our time before we have some real tragedies in these dangerous rental conditions of folks getting hurt or worse.”
Professor Quigley is a 1987 graduate of IU McKinney, where he is a Clinical Professor of Law and teaches in the Health and Human Rights Clinic. Clinic students advocate for the rights of the poor, with a focus on individual and systemic barriers to accessing healthcare and the social determinants of health. His latest book, Religious Socialism: Faith in Action for a Better World, was published in September 2021. He is the author of several academic journal articles on social justice and human rights, multiple mass media articles and columns, and five books including this most recent work. Prior to his work at the law school, he served as the first Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Julia Carson and as the executive director of ACLU of Indiana. He edits the newsletter Faith in Healthcare and contributes to and helps edit the publications of the Religious Socialism working group of the Democratic Socialists of America.
