If you sat through the June 24th hearing of the DC Council Finance Committee, you might have thought the city was flush with money. The committee heard testimony on more than a dozen bills to give tax breaks to a variety of projects, from affordable housing […]
The Council’s Legislative Meeting has been rescheduled to next week, but there are still a number roundtables to keep an eye on this week.
Defeat Poverty DC is a coalition of organizations and residents in the District of Columbia working to bring greater focus during the 2010 election season and beyond to the damaging effects of poverty on our entire city. The District’s longâ€term […]
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Last year was a particularly tough one for many District residents. As the national economy took a steep downturn, DC’s unemployment rate shot up by more than 40 percent. By December 2009, nearly 40,000 District residents were without a job and […]