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Poverty Data Released from the Census Bureau Do Not Tell the Complete Story of Poverty in DC during the Recession
September 17th, 2010
What’s in the Final FY 2011 Budget?
June 30th, 2010
Increase in DC’s Unemployment Rate Falls Most Heavily on Those Least Able to Afford It
June 25th, 2010
What’s in the Final FY 2011 Budget? A First Look
June 15th, 2010
Using Future Revenues to Build a Pay-Go Account May Force the District to Cut the Budget for Current Services, and Will Likely Not Reduce Borrowing as Intended
June 11th, 2010
DC’S Fund Balance Remains Larger Than Most States: Current Proposals to Rebuild DC’s Reserves May Overly Restrict DC’s Ability to Respond to Ongoing Budget Needs
June 8th, 2010
Job Announcement: Public Policy Analyst/Research Associate
June 1st, 2010
The Recession is Creating Hardship for Many DC Residents
May 19th, 2010
Despite Declining, DC’s Fund Balance is Larger than in Most States: DC Should Start Planning for How to Replenish the Fund When Finances Recover
May 18th, 2010
New Income Tax Rates for High Earners: A Progressive Approach to Addressing DC’s Budget Shortfall
April 29th, 2010
Changes in the FY 2011 Budget: A New Budget Structure has the Potential to add Greater Transparency to the DC Budget
April 29th, 2010
What’s in the Mayor’s FY 2011 Budget? A First Look
April 5th, 2010
Poverty on the Rise in the District: The Impact of Unemployment in 2009 and 2010
March 24th, 2010
No Shelter from the Storm: DC’s Rainy Fund Is Inaccessible in the Midst of a Severe Fiscal Crisis
March 10th, 2010
Nowhere To Go: As DC Housing Costs Rise, Residents Are Left With Fewer Affordable Housing Options
February 5th, 2010
Oppose Downtown Business Tax Breaks — Please Sign On Today!
December 9th, 2009
A Proposed Tax Break to Recruit CoStar into the District: High Costs, Questionable Benefits, Bad Tax Policy
December 9th, 2009
The Middle Class Squeeze: DC’s Tax System Falls Most Heavily on Moderate-Income Families
December 1st, 2009
Video: Voices for Change – Perspectives on Strengthening Welfare to Work From DC TANF Recipients
November 23rd, 2009
Voices for Change: Perspectives on Strengthening Welfare to Work From DC TANF Recipients
November 11th, 2009
Opportunities for the District to Collect $46 Million in TANF Stimulus Funds
October 29th, 2009
Stop Rewarding the Wrong Behavior: DC Should Eliminate its Tax Break for Investing in Other States’ Bonds
October 26th, 2009
Tell It Like It Is: Combined Reporting Improves DC’s Tax System By Making Corporations Disclose Their Profits and Pay Their Fair Share
October 21st, 2009
Homeless Service Cuts Highlight the Need for Greater Transparency in DC’s Budget
October 21st, 2009
What’s in the Amended FY 2010 DC Budget? A Summary
October 2nd, 2009
Census Data Show No Major Changes in DC Poverty in 2008: Yet Figures Reveal Large Disparities in Poverty between Different Population Groups
October 2nd, 2009
New Census Data Reveal Growing Income Gaps in the District
September 22nd, 2009
Expanding the District’s Sales Tax Can Raise Revenue, While Increasing Tax Fairness
September 21st, 2009
Good News About Health Insurance Coverage in DC: Census Data Show DC’s Uninsured Rate Has Dropped and Is One of the Lowest in the U.S.
September 10th, 2009
Solving DC’s Budget Crisis
July 27th, 2009
The Mayor’s Proposal to Balance the Budget Makes Disproportionate Cuts to Programs for Low-Income Residents
July 23rd, 2009
Mayor Fenty’s TANF Proposal Will Increase Hardship Among Poor Families With Children And Will Not Help Families Move from Welfare to Work
July 23rd, 2009
It’s Time to Use DC’s Rainy Day Fund
July 13th, 2009
Principles to Guide Efforts to Address DC’s New Revenue Shortfall
July 7th, 2009
What’s in the Final FY 2010 DC Budget? A Summary
June 12th, 2009
Concerns with the Plan to Set Aside $27.5 Million of the DC Public School FY 2010 Budget
May 28th, 2009
Raising Revenue by Creating a New Tax Bracket for Top Earners: A Progressive Approach to Addressing DC’s Budget Shortfall
April 27th, 2009
Sign-On to Oppose Regressive Tax Increases in the FY 2010 Budget
April 15th, 2009
What the Economic Stimulus Package Can Do for the District
March 4th, 2009
How Bad Is DC’s Budget Shortfall? What Resources Are Available to Address it? Will it Get Worse?
March 4th, 2009
DC Took a Balanced Approach to Addressing Its Last Major Deficit: The Budget Shortfall in 2002 Was Addressed With Both Budget Savings and Revenue Increases
March 4th, 2009
DC Homeowners’ Property Taxes Remain Lowest in the Region
February 27th, 2009
50 Organizations and Individuals Sign-On to an Open Letter to Mayor Fenty, Council Chairman Gray, and CFO Ghandi Calling for Budget Transparency
February 26th, 2009
Ten Ways to Improve the Transparency of the DC Budget
February 26th, 2009
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, at the Public Hearing on Priorities for the use of Potential Funds for the District of Columbia from Recovery and Reinvestment Proposals Currently under Consideration in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
February 10th, 2009
DCFPI joins the Coalition for Community Investment; Coalition issues “Statement of Principles” to guide DC Budget decisions in difficult times
February 3rd, 2009
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, at the Public Hearing on the NoMA Residential Development Tax Abatement Act of 2008
November 24th, 2008
Budget Cuts Adopted by the DC Council Fall Disproportionately On Programs for Low-Income Residents
November 17th, 2008
Bridging the Gaps in DC: Strategies to Support Low-Income Working Families
November 14th, 2008
Managing the District’s Debt: How a Debt Cap Can Serve as an Important Fiscal Oversight Tool While Also Allowing the District to Achieve its Development Goals
October 24th, 2008
Affordable Housing in the District Depends on a Stable Housing Production Trust Fund
October 21st, 2008
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Oversight Roundtable on The Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2009 Gap-Closing Proposal, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
October 17th, 2008
How Should the District Address Its Revenue Shortfall? Some Guiding Principles
September 30th, 2008
Poverty In DC Remains As High As At The End Of The Last Recession, New Census Bureau Data Show
August 26th, 2008
Making the Southwest Waterfront Bond Financing Act the Best Deal for the District of Columbia: Four Changes Could Potentially Save DC Millions
June 25th, 2008
Economists’ Statement on the Likely Impact of a Professional Soccer Stadium in the District of Columbia
June 10th, 2008
Sports Economists Say Large Public Subsidies for a DC Soccer Stadium “Cannot be Justified” on Economic Development Grounds
June 10th, 2008
What’s in the Final FY 2009 DC Budget?
May 22nd, 2008
Hometown Prosperity: Increasing Opportunity for DC’s Low-Income Working Families
April 14th, 2008
Property Tax Relief for DC’s Low-Income Residents: Improvements Needed in DC’s “Schedule H” Credit
April 8th, 2008
DC’s Earned Income Tax Credit Supports Working Families Across the District
April 8th, 2008
Press Release: DC Homeowner Property Taxes Lowest in Region, New Analysis Finds
February 28th, 2008
Good Deal for DC Homeowners: Property Taxes Are Lowest in the Region
February 28th, 2008
DC’s High-Tech Tax Incentives Are Not Working: Proposal to Expand Tax Breaks for High-Technology Businesses Has Little Merit
February 22nd, 2008
Press Release: Bill Being Considered By the DC Council Hides Costs of Business Tax Cuts: Bill Was Structured To Make Potentially Huge Tax Cuts Appear To Have “No Fiscal Impact”
January 3rd, 2008
Hiding the Costs of Business Tax Cuts: Bill 17-20 Could Lead to Substantial Tax Cuts, But Was Designed to Appear to Have No Effect on DC Finances
January 3rd, 2008
Press Release: DC’s “Two Economies” Headed In Different Directions, Report Finds
October 24th, 2007
DC’s Two Economies: Many Residents Are Falling Behind
October 24th, 2007
Press Release: Poverty In DC Remains At Very High Level Despite Economic Growth
August 31st, 2007
Finance Committee Tax Cut Proposals Would Mainly Benefit High-Income Residents More Progressive Alternatives Are Not Being Considered
May 9th, 2007
Tax Savings from a Five Percent Property Tax Cap Go Mainly To High-Income Neighborhoods
May 9th, 2007
No Relief for Working Families: Tax Cut Proposals Do Little For Low- And Moderate-Income DC Families
May 9th, 2007
What’s In The Mayor’s FY 2008 Budget Request?
April 23rd, 2007
The District’s Housing Production Trust Fund Has Developed Thousands of Affordable Units Since FY 2001
April 20th, 2007
Meeting DC’s Challenges, Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: Introduction and Overview
February 1st, 2007
Meeting DC’s Challenges, Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: Improving the DC-Federal Relationship
February 1st, 2007
Meeting DC’s Challenges, Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: Improving the Transparency of the DC Budget
February 1st, 2007
Meeting DC’s Challenges, Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: Creating a Healthy and Progressive Tax Structure
February 1st, 2007
Meeting DC’s Challenges, Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: Reforming Economic Development Programs to Promote Job Creation and Fiscally Responsible Use of Public Funds
February 1st, 2007
Meeting DC’s Challenges, Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods by Increasing Incomes and Reducing Poverty
February 1st, 2007
Meeting DC’s Challenges, Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: Preserving and Expanding Affordable Housing
February 1st, 2007
Testimony of Angie Rodgers, Policy Analyst DC Fiscal Policy Institute at the Public Oversight Hearing on Implementation of Homeless No More and Homeless Services Reform Act of 2005 District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
January 31st, 2007
Disparities in the District of Columbia: Poverty Is Major Cause
November 2nd, 2006
Press Release: Poverty Major Cause of Social Problems In District of Columbia
November 2nd, 2006
Audio Transcript: DC’s Recent Poverty Increase Deserves More Attention
October 10th, 2006
Overcoming Barriers: Solutions for Addressing Challenges Created by Federal TANF Changes
October 5th, 2006
Taxes on DC Families Are Now the Lowest in the Washington Region
September 20th, 2006
Press Release: DC Taxes on Families Now the Lowest in the Washington Area, Study Shows
September 20th, 2006
Subsidized Homeownership Programs Can Help Low-Income Families Build Assets Even When Combined with Long-Term Affordability Controls
September 18th, 2006
New Census Figures Show Poverty Is on the Rise in the District of Columbia
August 29th, 2006
Highlights of Mayor’s Proposed FY 2007 Budget
April 13th, 2006
Not Enough To Live On: DC’s TANF Benefits Are Among The Least Adequate In The Nation
March 14th, 2006
Property Tax Relief Will Leave 2006 Tax Bills Lower Than 2005 Tax Bills For Most DC Homeowners
February 28th, 2006
New Stadium Proposal Raises Costs Substantially and Fails to Protect The District Fully From Cost Overruns
February 6th, 2006
Income Inequality Grew Dramatically in DC Over The Past Two Decades
January 25th, 2006
Rising Baseball Stadium Costs Create Problems for the District
December 16th, 2005
How Much Will the New Baseball Stadium Cost? A Review of Recent Cost Estimates
December 5th, 2005
DC Families Need Help to Pay Rising Heating Bills this Winter
December 2nd, 2005
A New Federal Contribution To The District of Columbia? The Need, Likely Impact, and Some Options
November 16th, 2005
Proposal to Reduce Ballpark Fee Would Shift Up to $60 million in Stadium Costs from Businesses to the General Public
November 16th, 2005
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