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.
The proposed FY 2020 budget will reinforce gentrification and displacement of Black residents, and fails to take meaningful steps to address the city’s persistent racial inequities, according to a new analysis by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.
17 of the 20 DC public schools facing steep budget cuts next year are in Ward 7 or Ward 8, according to an analysis by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. The DCFPI report also finds that overall funding for DCPS will not keep up with rising costs, leading to cuts […]
As the DC Council works on the FY 2020 budget, they should eliminate or scale back ineffective tax incentive programs, and use the savings to better fund urgent priorities such as housing and schools, according to a new DCFPI report.