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A tent encampment remains Monday at Howard University, the historically Black college in Washington, D.C., as several dozen students have forgone their dormitories to protest what they describe as unlivable housing conditions, claiming mold, insects and rodents have infested living quarters. ....
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Dozens of Howard University students are sleeping outdoors in a tent encampment on campus grounds to protest what they describe as "poor" and "unlivable" conditions in the college dormitories. Students told ABC News that portions of the university living quarters have mold and insect and rodent infestations, as well as leaky ceilings and flooding all of which they say put their health at risk. Lamiya Murray, an 18-year-old freshman currently living in one of the tents, believes the mold that she said she spotted in her dorm room was responsible for a respiratory infection she battled earlier this year. "I'm not going to say that I expect a lot more, I expect the bare minimum. I expect decent housing," Murray told ABC News. "I expect to be in a space where I will feel safe and secure, but the dorms became a health hazard. I was waking up every morning with a cough that I didn't go to sleep with the night ....
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Dozens of Howard University students are sleeping outdoors in a tent encampment on campus grounds to protest what they ....
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Dozens of Howard University students are sleeping outdoors in a tent encampment on campus grounds to protest what they ....