Testimony at the Public Oversight Hearing on DHS Implementation of Housing Investments
By Kate Coventry • November 4, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
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Testimony of at the Budget Oversight Hearing on the Department of Human Services
By Kate Coventry • March 31, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Racism and other systemic barriers to opportunity have left Black residents at a higher risk for evictions and homelessness. We are urging the Council to add additional funding that take aim at both longstanding racial inequities and inequities related to the […]
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Roundtable on the Department of General Services
By Kate Coventry • March 31, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
DCFPI is here today to ask the Department of General Services (DGS) and the Council to ensure that two standalone public restrooms are constructed in fiscal year (FY) 2023…
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Hearing on the District of Columbia Housing Authority
By Kate Coventry • March 30, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
I am here today to ask the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) to change their policies to allow self-certification of identity for locally-funded vouchers.
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Roundtable for the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
By Kate Coventry • March 28, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
I am here today to ask the District to end encampment clearings and no encamping zones and to ask the Council to request the agency submits a detailed budget.
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Hearing for the DC Department of Health Care Finance
By Kate Coventry • March 28, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
I would like to focus my testimony on the proposed, simplified DC Healthcare Alliance recertification process and the need for services for residents with low incomes who have traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), also known as acquired brain injuries (ABIs).
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Board Meeting of the District of Columbia Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
By Kate Coventry • February 10, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
I am here today to ask you to reject the proposed regulations for locally-funded vouchers or amend them to allow applicants to self-certify their identity and to ensure that residents are not excluded from the program because of immigration status or […]
Testimony at the Performance Oversight Hearing on the DC Housing Authority
By Kate Coventry • January 27, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
DCFPI envisions a future where no one is homeless for a long time and no one dies without the dignity of a home. The FY 2022 budget will bring us much closer to this goal but only if we ensure timely implementation of the resources and commit to greater […]
DC Fails to Invest in Vital Health and Income Support Programs Despite Moment of Great Need
By Kate Coventry • December 9, 2021 • Health Equity / Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate our public health and key sectors of our economy, with Black and brown residents bearing the brunt of these hardships due to longstanding inequities in health care, education, employment, and wealth-building […]
Statement from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute on “Encampments Protection and Public Health and Safety Emergency Amendment Act of 2021.”
By Kate Coventry • December 6, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
DCFPI calls on the Council to support the “Encampments Protection and Public Health and Safety Emergency Amendment Act of 2021” to halt clearings through hypothermia season while allowing the District to continue housing people staying in encampments.
