Lisa Palmer, 32, dropped out of New York’s Hunter College in 2016 but has continued to live in the dorm ever since. She now owes over $94,000 in housing fees and refuses to pay or leave.
Palmer has ignored several eviction notices and the college is now taking her to court to collect on the unpaid residence fees and to get her out of the dorm.
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The lawsuit which has been filed in New York Supreme Court reads, “Not only did Palmer refuse to vacate her dormitory room in order to make room for incoming, eligible students… but she dropped out of Hunter College, making her ineligible for student housing in any event.”
Palmer is currently working two jobs as well as serving on the board of Geospatial Information Systems. I plan on fighting the lawsuit and while I fight it, I’m going to stay,’ she said.
While she is refusing to leave the dorm, she says her life in the 100-square-foot room is crammed with items and a “lonely” place to spend her 30’s. She claims that she did not drop out but the university would not allow her to register for spring classes following a dispute about her housing and tuition bill.
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“I felt that it was a miscommunication initially, but after I met with the dean I felt that they were starting to treat me unfairly. It was like, ‘get out’,’ she said.
She received emails that informed her she would be charged $150 per day and another eviction notice in October that had “thirty-day notice of termination” in all caps. “You are required to vacate and surrender the premises on or before October 31, 2017, at 12:00 pm,” the letter from Hunter’s lawyer stated.
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“I don’t think paying it off is realistic, and I also don’t believe that I should have to pay it off,” Palmer told CBS of her residence bill.
Just last week Hunter evicted 67-year-old nurse Derek DeFreitas who had a dorm room that he kept a ‘crash pad’ since 1980.