INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) Residents at Richard G. Lugar Tower Apartments in downtown Indianapolis have waited weeks for air conditioning repairs while enduring a growing list of maintenance problems.Several residents contacted Indian as I-Team about the cooling failure.It is so hot, I cant even sleep, resident Bettina McCloud said.Heat baked the building Thursday afternoon, with temperatures inside significantly higher than those outside. One residents digital thermometer showed 91 degrees in his apartment.The Marion County Public Health Department ordered the Indianapolis Housing Agency on Aug. 17 to fix the Lugar Tower air conditioning or face fines. The building has seven open violations.I-Team contacted city, state and federal officials to seek immediate solutions. After several calls and emails to the housing agency, which owns the building, officials said a repair company would be at the apartments Friday.Maintenance issues at the subsidized housing complex go beyond the heat. Residents showed I-Team missing ceiling tiles that left wires and water leaks exposed, along with mold and general disrepair in common areas and individual units.On the sixth floor, neighbors complained of a smell coming from a unit where a persons body was found July 31. The housing agency had not cleaned the unit as of Thursday. When I-Team questioned the agency about the odor, officials said they expected a contractor at the building Friday.They constantly tell us that they dont have the funds to fix anything, or do anything, said Paula Lasley, who has lived at Lugar Tower for five years. You wouldn't want to live in these conditions, and you wouldn't want nobody in your family living in these conditions.The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently finished a physical inspection of the property and is working with the local agency to address the problems. The federal department gave a $3 million receivership award to the housing agency Thursday, though officials have not clarified how the money will be used.U.S. Rep. Andr Carson, D-Ind., said he has supported federal help for the agencys yearslong problems, but he blamed funding and personnel cuts from the Trump administration for hurting progress.The Indiana Attorney Generals Office recommends that tenants facing issues at Indianapolis Housing Agency properties complain directly to the federal housing department because it oversees the local agency. ...read more read less