Bloomington inspection reports detail conditions inside supportive housing complex now targeted with city lawsuits
The city of Bloomington has now released the most most recent inspection reports for Crawford Apartments, which lay out unit by unit the problems with the physical property. The city is asking for around $5.9 million in fines, just for the lack of current rental permits.
Crawford Apartments with one boarded-up window. (Dave Askins, May 13, 2025) The window appears to have been repaired as of June 28, 2025.
When the city of Bloomington announced a formal notice of default to the owners of the two apartment buildings known as Crawford Apartments early this past week, the details of conditions inside the two buildings weren’t provided.
But the city has now made available the papers it filed with the Monroe County circuit court. Those filings include the most recent inspection reports, which lay out unit by unit the problems with the physical property. [Crawford I court filing] [Crawford II court filing]
The buildings are located on South Henderson Street, a little bit north of Winslow Road.
The most recent inspection reports included in the files are dated around a year ago—July 31, 2024 for Crawford I and Aug. 7, 2024 for Crawford II. The most recent reports describe significant problems in 33 out of the 61 total units for the two buildings, as well as issues in common areas.
For 17 of the units, smoke detectors are noted as missing or nonfunctioning.
A half dozen of the units are described as infested with roaches, fleas, or bedbugs. A range of other problems includes: broken windows and doors; missing or damaged cabinets; faulty electrical outlets; non-functioning exhaust fans; obstructed access to mechanical rooms; and widespread cleanliness or severe clutter issues.
Based on a compliance checklist released by the city on Friday, which has a deadline of Aug. 1, getting the physical property up to basic rental code standards is just one of many requirements the city has established for the permanent supportive housing facility.
Permanent supportive housing is meant to give long-term, affordable housing to people who have experienced chronic homelessness, serious mental illness, or other challenges, and to combine a physical place to live with on-site supportive services.
For Crawford Apartments, it’s Beacon, Inc. that provides the case management support connected with the supportive housing. Another key player mentioned in the checklist is Continental Management. Continental is part of the ownership group as well as the property management company.
Other expectations set by the city, in addition to putting the buildings in order, include a supportive services plan to be finalized by Beacon and Continental. The plan is supposed to include in-home meetings, as well as regular group meetings of residents to create “a sense of community and shared responsibility in keeping the property compliant.”
The checklist also includes better access for Bloomington police to monitor the property. According to the city of Bloomington, over the last year and a half, Crawford Apartments has averaged around three calls for service per day from police, fire, or emergency medical services. The B Square will potentially report separately in more detail on the checklist, which includes a hard look at how eligibility for residency (coordinated entry) for Crawford Apartments is handled.
Based on the court filings, the fines that the city is asking the judge to impose would add up to several million dollars. The fines fall into two categories—one for operating the facility without a valid occupancy permit and another for uncorrected violations of the city’s rental code.
For the first category, the fine is $2,500 per day. Through June 28, 2025 for the two buildings combined, The B Square counts 2,377 days (894 + 1,483), which works out to $5,942,500.
In addition to the $5.9 million in fines for the lack of an occupancy permit, the city is asking for $2,500 per day for each uncorrected violation. That would add another few million dollars to the total.
In addition to the fines, the city of Bloomington is also asking the court to give Continental 30 days from the time of its order, to bring Crawford Apartments into compliance or to vacate the property and keep it vacant until the buildings are put into compliance with rental code.
Here’s a B Square summary of the violations noted in the most recent rental inspections from the court filings. (Emphasis on “smoke detectors” has been added in bold.)
2440 S. Henderson Street (Crawford I)
2446 S. Henderson Street (Crawford II)
[Editor’s note: In the Aug. 1 compliance checklist there is an item that reads: “Connection with Centerstone - Mary from Heading Home to facilitate.” The reference is to Mary Morgan, who is the spouse of the reporter who wrote this article.]
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