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IU McKinney’s Health and Human Rights Clinic and Professor Fran Quigley, J.D. ’87, have been in the news again of late in connection with their advocacy on behalf of the residents of Lugar Tower.

A tenant named Sandra Barnes joined with five neighbors and brought yet another complaint against the Indianapolis Housing Agency and Bradley Company, the management company hired to run Lugar Tower, seeking to get the weekday daytime security reinstated. The complaint has caught the attention of several news outlets, including Indiana Lawyer, WXIN, WRTV, and Indianapolis Star.

“The clinic is proud to partner with Indiana Legal Services to represent Ms. Barnes and the 200-plus other Lugar Tower residents, all of whom are seniors or living with disabilities,” Professor Quigley said. “They all have rights under the law to live in a safe environment, so we are hopeful that the court will order the reinstatement of much-needed full-time security in an area that has been the location for hundreds of violent crimes.”

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 Housing is a Human Right.