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Tenants of Lugar Tower are suing the Indianapolis Housing Agency and the property’s manager, Bradley Company Management, over bad living conditions. The residents are represented by students in IU McKinney’s Health and Human Rights Clinic and Professor Fran Quigley, J.D. ’87, who teaches in the clinic.

In the lawsuit, tenants complain about a lack of heating and air conditioning, lack of hot and cold water, human waste left in a stairwell for months, and a lack of security. The suit was filed in Marion Superior Court in April 2023.

"Over the course of several years, these residents have repeatedly asked for help from the Indianapolis Housing Agency and Bradley Company and have reached out to multiple government agencies," Professor Quigley said in a story about the lawsuit published in the Indianapolis Star. "But, every day, they still are enduring severe safety and health problems in the building." Indianapolis television news station WRTV also covered the story about the lawsuit.

IU McKinney’s Health and Human Rights 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. Professor Quigley’s 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.