Will Schick

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Will has an MFA in creative writing from American University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in journalism at New York University. He was also a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow from 2021 to 2022. Prior to becoming a journalist, Will served for 11 years in the Marine Corps.

Articles by Will

• How a street paper can change a person’s life

• Hundreds of young people in DC do not have a place to live. Here’s how one nonprofit is trying to raise awareness.

• Delivering to food deserts: The people and organizations trying to improve food accessibility in DC

• Honoring the life of Ayub Abdul: The poet, linguist, martial artist and entrepreneur

• Meet the new executive director of the city’s Interagency Council on Homelessness

• Artist/Vendor launches new business to help people walk in style

• The pandemic utility shutoff moratorium expired in October. Here’s how to get utility assistance in DC

• Where compassion meets the reality of dollars and cents: Behind the multimillion dollar homeless services nonprofit that sometimes evicts people

• Talbert Street homeowners file a second lawsuit over new homes that crumbled

• Legal Counsel for the Elderly to expand resources for veterans

• DC contemplates action on digital divide amid concern over possible federal funding

• Displaced homeowners continue to face struggles despite help provided by the city

• Calls increase for a guaranteed income in DC. There are multiple ways to accomplish it

• Meet the neighborhood commissioners of Foggy Bottom who advocate for people experiencing homelessness

• FAQ: How to apply for housing in DC and what to expect

• Judge rules DC is not at fault for funding construction of affordable housing that fell apart soon after it was built

• How universities in DC are spending their higher education emergency relief funds

• Families in rapid rehousing still unsure of their future in the program

• Meet the first Democrat seeking to wrest Bowser from office next year

• The US doesn’t settle refugees in DC because the cost of housing is too high

• DHS causes panic among families with letter contradicting recently announced changes to rapid rehousing

• Families in rapid rehousing will be given a minimum 6 months’ notice before they will be asked to leave

• 255 households are on the waiting list for ADA-compliant housing in DCHA-managed properties

• DC Council passes the Budget Support Act

• Local teen’s message on poverty: Believe in yourself but don’t leave others behind

• Despite including additional money for housing vouchers, today’s FY22 budget vote may leave 500 rapid rehousing recipients facing termination

• Behind the council vote to tax residents making more than $250K, and other budget amendments you might not have heard about

• With the public health emergency ending, what does that mean for evictions?

• DC Council deliberates mayor’s proposed budget at last work session before their first draft is released

• DC Council passed a law prohibiting DC businesses from refusing cash. However, local cashless businesses are booming

• DC passes emergency legislation to delay evictions and protect consumers from unfair debt collection practices

• Little Free Library wants to diversify its books

• Confusion mires Zoning Commission meeting about Barry Farm and residents’ right to return

• Mayor proposes expanded funding for DCRA, ignoring a new law to break up the agency

• Local nonprofit opens transitional housing to meet growing demand among LGBTQ youth

• What a park redevelopment reveals about a community: Beyond the city’s plans to renovate the park at NJ Ave and O St NW

• Franklin Park to reopen in August

• What is DOPA? Inside the proposed changes to an unused program meant to preserve affordable housing

• DC residents owe the highest student loan debt per capita in the US. Councilmembers asked the federal government to cancel it

• DC’s proposed FY 2022 budget to increase funding for affordable housing

• Recovering from the trauma of an encampment cleanup

• Interfaith service held for those who died without a home

• Activists march to remember 117 people who died without homes in DC

• At least 117 people died without a home in DC this year

• REVIEW: Josh Hayes's "The Invisible Class" is a film meant to inform, not entertain

• What is so complicated about homeless encampments in the District?

• 15 feet and a wall: Why some homeowners feel marginalized by the city's plan to help families without homes

• Obituary: Michael Irby of Washington DC

• How cool indifference magnifies the summer heat

• When an encampment is a single person and their stuff

• Re-framing the District’s shelter meals debate

• DC Council restores some funds to UMC and housing preservation