Power Moves: DC Fiscal Policy Institute and WireWheel have new execs
Technical.ly • March 26, 2021
DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) has appointed Erica Williams as its new executive director. She starts in the leadership role on April 6.
Federal rescue plan bestows $15 billion windfall in direct aid for region’s state and local governments
The Washington Post • March 22, 2021 • COVID-19 / Revenue & Budget
In the District, nearly a third of Black children were living in a household where they were not eating enough because they couldn’t afford food, according to an analysis of federal surveys by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.
For Small Businesses In Anacostia, The Pandemic Was Just Another Storm To Weather
DCist • March 11, 2021 • COVID-19 / Inclusive Economy
According to the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, most Black-owned businesses in the U.S. — and many in wards 7 and 8 — are sole proprietorships, meaning they’re run by one person. That makes it harder to track statistics like foot traffic and revenue.
McDuffie Wants to See Fiscal Incentives in D.C.
The Washington Informer • March 10, 2021 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget
Tarza Mitchell, the policy director at DCFPI, said the District “has one of the largest Black-to-white wealth and income gaps in the nation and the median racial wealth gap actually grows with higher education levels.”
How The New COVID Stimulus Bill Could Impact Business, Metro, And Child Poverty In The D.C. Region
DCist • March 10, 2021 • COVID-19 / Income & Poverty
“And what this package would do is provide essential stabilization dollars for families and businesses right now that make a huge investment in their lives ongoing over the next 10 years,” says Tazra Mitchell of the left-leaning D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.
Los Angeles vs Washington D.C. In the Anti-Displacement Policy Race
City Watch • March 8, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / COVID-19
According to a report by DC Fiscal Policy Institute, FRPP has preserved 1,400 affordable housing units since 2002—units that will remain affordable for the next 40 years.
D.C. Housing Authority could get a $60M infusion to jump-start repairs, redevelopments
Washington Business Journal • March 3, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Momentum is building among D.C. lawmakers and advocates to make another hefty investment in repairing and redeveloping the D.C. Housing Authority’s most troubled properties.
Progressive Lawmakers Are Considering Raising Taxes On The Rich. Should They?
DCist • March 2, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Well-off Washingtonians could be hit with a tax hike under a proposal in the works that aims to shore up the District’s pandemic-plagued coffers.
Rental Advisory Needed
Washington Business Journal • February 26, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / COVID-19
By the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute executive’s estimates, about 40% of D.C.’s low-income households devoted more than a third of their monthly income to paying rent — the federal standard for determining if someone is “cost burdened” by housing prices.
A Worsening Housing Gap
Washington Business Journal • February 26, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / COVID-19
The pandemic has financially crippled lower-income D.C.-area renters with very little hope of recovery, disproportionately affecting people of color, according to Census surveys.