Squatters

The Most Stubborn Squatter Ever Occupies Abandoned Home For Years

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.31.2012

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What would you do to get rid of a squatter in your town? Residents of the Palmer Woods neighborhood of Detroit did quite a lot to try to get rid of...

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Voters In One Town Want Banks To Pay Big Time For Neglecting Foreclosed Homes

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.12.2012

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If San Diego voters had their way, banks would be paying out, big time. Seventy percent of San Diegans who responded to an opinion poll conducted l...

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Texting While Driving vs. Digital Space Squatting: When in Doubt, squat!

Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Road Rage, Texting While Driving, Cell Phones, Squatters, Technology News
Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD

It's true. I sometimes linger in parking spaces to text, talk on my cell phone or check email. I've been doing it for a while. It drives me bonkers wh...

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Senior Woman Checks Out Of Hotel After More Than A Decade

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.01.2012

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Mini-shampoo bottles may seem like a delightful novelty for a few days away from home, but one woman opted to get access to tiny toiletries and room s...

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British Government Considers Making Squatting In Homes Illegal

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 12.17.2011

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LONDON — Like many young Londoners, 25-year-old Rueben Taylor shares a house in a neighborhood that's part scruffy, part smart. Unlike many othe...

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'Occupy SF' Stages Mass Squatting In Vacant Buildings

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 10.16.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO - Homeless advocacy group Homes Not Jails has teamed up with members of the Occupy San Francisco protest movement in a coordinated campa...

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East Village Squatters Lose Their Leader

nytimes.com | COLIN MOYNIHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Throughout much of the 1980s and '90s, a certain segment of the East Village appeared to be in nearly perpetual rebellion. There were the squatters wh...

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Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua Visits U.S., Speaks on Lack of Human Rights at Home

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jean-Michel Tijerina, CEO and Founder of the Cambodia Project, insisted I must meet her. After an hour over coffee, I fully comprehended why. I wa...

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Some Homeless Squat in Foreclosed Houses

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CLEVELAND — The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some citi...

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