Video: DC’s Big Win for Tax Equity
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 4, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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State Rundown 9/29: Where There’s Smoke, There’s Revenue?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 29, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Earlier this year, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute released a report that recommends devoting cannabis tax revenue towards building community wealth for communities disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs.
A nonprofit and a group of realtors teamed up to help low-income DMV residents buy homes
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 22, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
According to a 2018 D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute report, racially-biased policies and practices in hiring, homeownership, and education have generated a significant wealth imbalance in the District.
11 charter schools in DC will give admissions preference to at-risk students
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 18, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
In her testimony before the council in July 2020, Alyssa Noth, former policy analyst at DCFPI, & current director for intergovernmental affairs at DCPS, said expanding access to the GSA is a “small step small step toward a more equitable public school system.”
Poverty behind COVID’s disproportionate impact on Blacks
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 17, 2021 • Income & Poverty
Wiith a minimum wage of $15.20 an hour, many Black DC residents can’t afford housing, as rent rates increase faster than working-class incomes, according to DCFPI.
DCFPI Welcomes Nikki Metzgar to Our Team!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 24, 2021
Nikki will lead DCFPI’s work to ensure that public debate about DC’s economy is informed by the research and analysis of policy experts. She brings to her role more than a decade of experience in content creation and communications for social change.
DCFPI Welcomes Michael Johnson Jr. as our new State Policy Fellow!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 19, 2021
Michael joined the team at DCFPI in August 2021 and will work with the policy team to advance our research in various issue areas such as education, income & poverty, and cannabis policy.
Council passes the Budget Support Act
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 19, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Tazra Mitchell, policy director at the DCFPI, pointed to the changes made to the EITC with this amendment as a significant achievement. “I don’t believe any other state in the nation has a tax credit that’s worth 100% of the federal EITC.”
D.C. Council Passes $17.5 Billion Budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 11, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Tazra Mitchell, the policy director at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, said “this year’s budget is one of the most important in D.C. history.”
D.C. Council approves final vote on city budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 10, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
The DC Council passed a final vote on the city’s 2022 budget Tuesday, but not without some last-minute debate and changes — notably, an amendment that would significantly boost monthly tax credits for low-income families in the coming years.