D.C. Mic Check » homelessness http://www.dcmiccheck.org Life in these occupied Washington times Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Occupying a house? Squatting 101 http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2012/07/24/squatting-101/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=squatting-101 http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2012/07/24/squatting-101/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:50:57 +0000 Steve Russell http://www.dcmiccheck.org/?p=1171 Steve Russell, who has been squatting for years, explains some basics of squatting. How does one occupy a house? Ask my landlord. Wait, I don’t have a landlord.  I live in an occupied house. Because I need this room. This small space for comfort. I’ve lived in the shelters. I wanted to avoid them, the… more

The post Occupying a house? Squatting 101 appeared first on D.C. Mic Check.

]]> http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2012/07/24/squatting-101/feed/ 0 Free Franklin homeless advocates found guilty, undeterred http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2012/07/23/free-frankli-homeless-advocates-found-guilty-undeterred/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-frankli-homeless-advocates-found-guilty-undeterred http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2012/07/23/free-frankli-homeless-advocates-found-guilty-undeterred/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:10:14 +0000 Anne Meador http://www.dcmiccheck.org/?p=1156 Six activists from Free Franklin DC were found guilty of unlawful entry at Franklin School, which they occupied during a protest in November 2011. Undeterred, they vow to fight on. Ann Meador reports.Six activists charged with unlawful entry into the Franklin School on 13th Street NW last November were found guilty by a jury in D.C. Superior… more

The post Free Franklin homeless advocates found guilty, undeterred appeared first on D.C. Mic Check.

]]> http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2012/07/23/free-frankli-homeless-advocates-found-guilty-undeterred/feed/ 3