A year into the global health pandemic, the resulting economic downturn continues to underscore the importance of substantial District investments in quality affordable housing and rental assistance for DC residents.
DCFPI’s review finds several ways that OCFO operations limit the ability to use DC’s resources, and we recommend several changes to financial operations to improve the ability to invest in the community.
Housing is healthcare. Now during the pandemic, the connection between housing and healthcare is even more evident when one of the keys to staying healthy is staying at home.
Highlights the efforts that District early and public education leaders have made over the last year to better meet the needs of infants, toddlers, and students.
The richest 1 percent of DC residents pay less in DC taxes as a share of their income than middle-income residents, according to new findings from a leading tax research organization, and the richest 20 percent pay less than the bottom 80 percent of residents […]
Testimony focusing on the need for behavioral health services for residents with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), also known as acquired brain injuries.
The District’s economy and tax collections are doing better than projections in December, according to the Office of Chief Financial Officer’s (OCFO) February 26 revenue forecast but financial challenges remain.
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The Fiscal Year 2022 budget will be one of the most important in DC’s history. This year’s budget choices have the potential to address the ongoing damage and suffering caused by the pandemic, and to put DC on a path for a recovery.
I am here today to testify on the District’s tremendous progress on youth homelessness and how additional investments are needed to ensure that progress continues. I’m also here to testify on chronic homelessness and the funding needed in the fiscal year […]