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Testimony of Tazra Mitchell, DCFPI Policy Director, at the Public Hearing for Tax Proposals to Build Wealth Equity in the District’s Post- Covid-19 Economic Recovery DC Council Committee on Economic and Business Economic Development

By Tazra Mitchell • June 1, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes

DCFPI supports highly progressive taxation aimed at high-income residents and high-wealth residents. Expanded wealth taxes are an add-on to more progressive personal and corporate income taxes and other progressive taxes, not a substitute. The funding […]

Five Ways the Mayor’s Budget Can Advance an Antiracist, Equitable Future

By Erica Williams • May 26, 2021 • Revenue & Budget

The budget can provide relief for the thousands of residents facing eviction and experiencing homelessness, students who have fallen behind, workers left out of relief measures, residents struggling with food insecurity, and child care facilities at risk of […]

Testimony of Qubilah Huddleston, Education Policy Analyst at the Joint Public Oversight Hearing on the District’s Public Education System After the COVID-19 Pandemic DC Council Special Committee on COVID-10 Pandemic Recovery

By Qubilah Huddleston • May 26, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget

DCFPI would like to offer the following recommendations on what DC leaders should prioritize in the public education system as the health pandemic wanes and the city strives towards recovery.

American Rescue Plan Presents a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Tackle Homelessness

By Kate Coventry • May 25, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget

The federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) offers a historic opportunity for the District to “build back better” by investing in our residents and communities. In addition to dedicated funding for homelessness, the District will receive $2.3 billion in […]

Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst at the Public Oversight Hearing on An Equitable End to Safety Net Protections Put in Place During the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery, DC Council Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery

By Kate Coventry • May 21, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Homelessness

My written testimony includes recommendations on the eviction moratorium, STAY DC, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Interim Disability Assistance, homelessness, and American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding.

Testimony of Kate Coventry, Senior Policy Analyst at the Public Hearing for the Committee on Housing and Executive Administration Hearing on the Fair Tenant Screening Act of 2021.

By Kate Coventry • May 20, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness

B24-0106 sets tenant eligibility screening standards for landlords. Given overwhelming evidence that current tenant-screening processes are rife with errors, this legislation is needed to ensure fairness in this process.

Taxing the Wealthy in DC: A Matter of Racial Justice

By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 19, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes

Lawmakers must use this pivotal moment to reform DC’s tax code and advance racial equity. To create a strong and just recovery and better future, these reforms must include higher income taxes on the wealthiest residents.

Three Things We Know About the Mayor’s Education Budget So Far

By Qubilah Huddleston • May 10, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget

The unequal effects of the pandemic on Black, brown, immigrant, and low-income children and families—like the exacerbation of the digital divide and housing, food, and economic instability—threaten to deepen DC’s already wide and persistent racial and […]

Advocates’ Letter to Mayor Bowser: American Rescue Plan Offers DC a Down Payment on a Just Recovery and Future

By Tazra Mitchell, Kate Coventry and Heather Lavoie • May 7, 2021 • Revenue & Budget

Nearly 80 organizations organizations sent Mayor Bowser and the DC Council a letter urging them to use the funds on intentional investments and interventions in a timely way, with a laser focus on targeting those most in need and addressing the racial […]

American Rescue Plan Offers DC a Down Payment on a Just Recovery and Future

By Tazra Mitchell, Kate Coventry and Qubilah Huddleston • April 30, 2021 • COVID-19 / Revenue & Budget

The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package passed by Congress in March–the American Rescue Plan (ARP)–is an unprecedented opportunity for the District to truly “build back better.”

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