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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
Press Release: Proposal To Reduce Ballpark Fee Would Shift Nearly $60 Million In Stadium Costs From Businesses To The General Public , Analysis Finds
November 16th, 2005
What Would Suspending the Last Step of the Taxparity Act Mean for DC Households
November 3rd, 2005
Losing Ground: The District’s Lowest-Income Neighborhoods Suffered Large Population and Income Losses in the 1990s
October 31st, 2005
New Census Data Show DC’s Affordable Housing Crisis Is Worsening
September 13th, 2005
Property Tax Relief Issues
June 1st, 2005
Highlights of the Mayor’s Proposed FY 2006 Budget
April 21st, 2005
Trends In Funding For Human Services In The District of Columbia
April 18th, 2005
Trends in Funding for Affordable Housing in the District of Columbia
March 7th, 2005
Bush Budget Would Mean $332 Million In Discretionary Spending Cuts For DC Through 2010
March 3rd, 2005
Press Release: Mayor Williams Promotes Tax Relief for Working Residents
February 2nd, 2005
Press Release: DC’s Shortage of Affordable Housing Worsening
January 13th, 2005
Squeezed Out: The Worsening Shortage of Affordable Housing for Low-Income DC Households
January 13th, 2005
Proposed “Private Financing” Options for a DC Baseball Stadium Do Not Represent True Private Financing
December 20th, 2004
Several Projects Planned for the “Community Investment Fund” Do Not Appear Well Designed to Meet Community Needs
November 29th, 2004
Concerns with the Proposed “Community Investment Fund”
November 8th, 2004
The Mayor’s Proposed Stadium Deal: Many Financial Risks, Few Benefits for the District
October 26th, 2004
An Open Letter to Mayor Anthony Williams and the DC City Council from 90 Economists on the Likely Impact of a Taxpayer-Financed Baseball Stadium in the District of Columbia
October 21st, 2004
The District Should Use Its Upcoming TANF Bonus to Increase Cash Assistance and Remove Barriers to Work
September 29th, 2004
Should Baseball Be First In Line? Paying $440 Million For A Baseball Stadium Would Limit The District’s Ability To Fund Other Services
September 23rd, 2004
DC Council Caps Property Tax Increases At 12 Percent, Raises Homestead Deduction
July 29th, 2004
Press Release: Income Gap Is Wider In DC Than In Any Other Major U.S. City, New Study Finds
July 22nd, 2004
Income Inequality in the District of Columbia Is Wider Than in Any Major U.S. City
July 22nd, 2004
Proposed $40 Million Subsidy to the Corcoran Gallery of Art Is an Inappropriate Use of DC’s Tax Increment Financing Program
July 7th, 2004
Budget Reductions Adopted By the DC Council Would Fall Heavily On Services For Low-Income Residents
May 13th, 2004
The DC Tax System Is Regressive and Tax Burdens on Near-Poor Families Have Increased Since 1989
April 20th, 2004
Concerns with the Mayor’s Proposed Changes To the Housing Production Trust Fund
April 19th, 2004
Trends in Tax Rates in the District of Columbia
April 15th, 2004
Has Spending Per Poor Person Grown Since 1990?
March 24th, 2004
Press Release: DC Spending Up Only 3 Percent Since 1990: But Funding for Services to Low-income Residents Has Fallen Sharply
March 16th, 2004
The Untold Story of the DC Budget: Overall Spending Has Grown Only Modestly Since 1990 but Support for Services to Low-income Residents Has Fallen Sharply
March 16th, 2004
What Kind of Property Tax Relief Should DC Provide?
January 15th, 2004
Does The District Have $190 Million Additional Revenue To Spend This Year?
January 9th, 2004
Property Tax Relief Considerations
December 12th, 2003
Concerns With The Proposed 10 Percent Property Tax Cap
November 26th, 2003
Press Release: DC’s Stadium Financing Proposal Would Cost the City $900,000 for Every Job Filled by a DC Resident
June 9th, 2003
Would a Publicly Financed Baseball Stadium Pay Off for DC? Economic Research Suggests the Answer Is “No”
June 9th, 2003
The Good News About DC Taxes: Taxes on DC Households Are in Line with Suburban Taxes
April 13th, 2003
Fixing DC’s Rainy Day Fund
March 13th, 2003
The District Earned Income Tax Credit: Helping Working Families Escape Poverty
November 4th, 2002
Is Spending in DC Growing Out of Control?
September 20th, 2002
Problems with the “Positive Tax Trigger”
April 18th, 2002
Suspending the Tax Parity Act in 2003 is Vital to Helping the District Maintain a Balanced Budget and Fiscal Stability
February 15th, 2002
Fixing The Tax Parity Act “Trigger” Changes Are Needed to Ensure Appropriate Suspension of Tax Cuts
January 23rd, 2002
New Federal Tax Provision Threatens To Reduce DC Tax Revenues By $74 Million: the District Should Take Steps to Avoid this Unintended Revenue Loss
March 28th, 2001
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