Avi Bajpai

General Assignment Reporter

Editorial Intern — Spring 2020/Summer 2020
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Avi Bajpai is a junior at George Washington University, where he is majoring in political science and minoring in journalism. At GW, he serves as the editor in chief of MediaFile, a student-run media criticism website, and has reported for his campus newspaper, The GW Hatchet. He is passionate about covering political systems and how they impact people on a daily basis.

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• Amid Congressional gridlock, pressure mounts on DC to apply for $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits

• Landlord that discriminated against housing voucher recipients will pay District $250,000 penalty

• Former Ward 8 landlord to pay $3.5 million to tenants and DC over poor housing conditions

• Homeless service providers receive millions in PPP loans

• DC Council increases funding for affordable housing and homeless services, but advocates warn budget still falls short

• Annual survey reveals a continued decrease in family homelessness, no change for youth, and an increase for single individuals

• Advocates highlight major gaps in proposed budget for affordable housing and reducing homelessness

• DHS waives case management billing requirements for service providers facing higher costs and staff shortages

• While DHS works to shelter and quarantine homeless residents, housing referrals have been put on hold

• Five shelter residents have tested positive for COVID-19, DHS says

• Despite COVID-19 closures, restaurants and other nontraditional sources are feeding people in need

• A text-alert service for DC’s homeless community is tracking which services are still open during the COVID-19 outbreak

• DC service organizations to stay open amid coronavirus-related closures

• Alice Carter, poet and performer, dies at 35

• Tenants on strike describe the financial, medical, and emotional toll of apartments in disrepair

• Rent Strike: Facing eviction, tenants rally outside courthouse demanding repairs