District Child Tax Credit Bill is a Tool for Tackling Child Poverty and Should be Strengthened
By Erica Williams • January 24, 2024 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
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Top 5 Percent of DC Earners Pay Lower Share of Income in Taxes than Bottom 95 Percent
By Erica Williams and Nikki Metzgar • January 9, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Tax advantages for residents at the top privilege white residents—who account for the vast majority of DC’s richest residents—and serve to concentrate their wealth. This comes at the expense of public investments in underserved communities that advance […]
Better Targeted Property Tax Benefits Would Advance Racial Equity
By Eliana Golding and Erica Williams • October 19, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
By better targeting property tax benefits, the District could free up revenue to expand much-needed programs.
DC Made Progress on Poverty Thanks to Public Investment in Residents
By Caitlin C. Schnur and Erica Williams • September 15, 2023 • Income & Poverty
Poverty in DC declined in 2022 to 13.3 percent from 16.5 percent the year prior, according to new data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS). This improvement likely reflects a combination of factors including the overall decline in […]
DC’s Extreme Black-White Unemployment Gap is Worst in the Nation
By Caitlin C. Schnur and Erica Williams • July 26, 2023 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
Everyone who wants to work should be able to find a job. While DC’s average unemployment of 4.6 percent in 2022 is down from 7.9 percent in 2020, the peak during the pandemic, the average unemployment rate masks extreme racial inequity.
On Juneteenth (and Every Day) the Struggle for Black Freedom Continues
By Erica Williams • June 19, 2023 • Inclusive Economy
As we observe Juneteenth, DC and the country should (re)commit to repairing the harms of our past and its compounding negative effects in our current day.
Council Must Make Changes to Reparations Bill to Better Fulfill Aim of Repairing Past Harms
By Erica Williams • June 15, 2023 • Inclusive Economy
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Downtown Tax Abatement Tailor-Made for Developers at the Expense of DC Residents
By Erica Williams • April 21, 2023 • Revenue & Budget
DC Council should reject the loosened affordable housing requirements and proposed exemptions from worker protections and tenant rights and add safeguards that ensure responsible use of public dollars.
DC Council Should Reject the Mayor’s Austerity Budget
By Erica Williams • April 14, 2023 • Revenue & Budget
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Council Must Make Changes to FY24 Budget Proposal to Support an Inclusive Economy
By Erica Williams • April 12, 2023 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
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