Despite 10 years of a booming DC economy, unemployment among Black DC residents remains higher than before the recession, and Black incomes have failed to grow, according to a new report.
A new report from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) reveals that the budgeting tool DC uses to project rising costs fails to take into account current services funding levels, and recently began omitting education altogether.
A new report released today by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) finds that choices made by DCPS over how to allocate funds to its schools end up reinforcing, rather than reducing, inequities by geography, race, and income. The report, “The Funding […]
A new report released today by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute uncovers a $740 million gap over the last seven years between actual funding for DC’s public and public charter schools and the level that would be considered minimally adequate.
New proposed legislation, the Critical Risk Rate School Funding Designation Act of 2019, represents a major step toward education equity in DC.
Eight organizations that work on health equity and workers’ rights sent a letter today to Mayor Bowser and the DC Council, criticizing actions to cut support for United Medical Center in the DC budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020, as well as the budget’s […]
The Council’s solution overcomes the CFO’s earlier rejection of the Council’s plan and ensures that the District can start working on critical public housing repairs.
DC’s CFO has overstepped his role and put the health of thousands of DC residents living in dilapidated public housing at further risk by rejecting the Council’s plan to use the District’s Events DC surplus to address deplorable public housing conditions.
The DC Council has cut money from two affordable housing programs to fund another, setting a dangerous precedent and undermining efforts to increase investments in affordable housing.
A DC Council proposal to cut the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF) as a way to fund DC’s the rental assistance program (LRSP) is ill-advised, according to the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.