Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
A Path to Better Budgeting: Suspend the Council Finance Committee
By Ed Lazere • July 2, 2019 • Budget / Taxes
Press Release
Kudos to DC Council for Finding a Way to Use Events DC Surplus For Public Housing Repairs, As They Intended
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 18, 2019 • Affordable Housing / Budget
Press Release
CFO Overreach in Designating Events DC Surplus Jeopardizes Critical Public Housing Repairs
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 13, 2019 • Affordable Housing / Budget
Op-Ed
DC’s Best Tool for Advancing Racial Equity? The Budget.
By Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer and Amy Lieber • Hill Rag • June 11, 2019 • Budget
In The News
‘Spinning its Wheels’: Lots of Money, Few Bold Initiatives in 2020 D.C. Budget
The Washington Post • May 30, 2019 • Budget
Blog
Update: What Changed in the FY 2020 DC Budget at Final Vote
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer, Ed Lazere and Amy Lieber • May 29, 2019 • Budget
In The News
Bowser and D.C. Council Offer Competing Visions on Affordable Housing Crisis
The Washington Post • May 22, 2019 • Affordable Housing / Budget
Press Release
DC Council Cuts Funding for Critical Affordable Housing Programs
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 22, 2019 • Affordable Housing / Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere At the Public Oversight Roundtable on the Matter of Qualified High Technology Tax company Tax Incentives
By Ed Lazere • May 21, 2019 • Budget / Economic Development
In The News
D.C. Will Put Money In Affordable Housing, But Bowser And Council Differ On How Much
WAMU • May 17, 2019 • Affordable Housing / Budget
All Publications & Resources
Testimony
Testimony of Kamolika Das at the Public Hearing on Bill 23-133, Supporting Essential Workers Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act of 2019
By Kamolika Das • July 15, 2019 • Income & Poverty
Press Release
Proposed Bill Would Advance Education Equity in the District
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 3, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
A Path to Better Budgeting: Suspend the Council Finance Committee
By Ed Lazere • July 2, 2019 • Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Doni Crawford At the Public Hearing on the Housing Production Trust Fund Transparency Amendment Act of 2019
By Doni Crawford • June 28, 2019 • Affordable Housing
Blog
Transparency: A Key to Education Equity and Better School Budgets
By Ed Lazere • June 27, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Press Release
Organizations Decry Health Inequities in FY 2020 DC Budget, Call on Council and Mayor to Not Pit Health Programs Against Each Other
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 26, 2019 • Health Care
Blog
Beyond Outdoor Movies: Summer in DC Also Brings Paid Family Leave and a Higher Minimum Wage
By Simone Holzer • June 24, 2019 • Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Hearing on the “Interagency Council on Behavioral Health Establishment Amendment Act of 2019”
By Kate Coventry • June 21, 2019 • Health Care / Homelessness
Press Release
Kudos to DC Council for Finding a Way to Use Events DC Surplus For Public Housing Repairs, As They Intended
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 18, 2019 • Affordable Housing / Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Kamolika Das At the Public Hearing on the Paid Leave to Vote Amendment Act of 2019
By Kamolika Das • June 13, 2019 • Jobs & Training
