Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
The Latest Plan for Increased Child Care Educator Pay Offers Too Little, Too Late
By Danielle Hamer • July 15, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Videos
Videos: Why DC’s Wealthiest Should Pay their Fair Share
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 12, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
DC Budget Markups: Council Boosts Funding for Some Services but Substantial Shortcomings Remain
By Kate Coventry • July 9, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Committee Leaves DC Police Budget Largely Untouched But Advances Police-Free Schools
By Eliana Golding, Qubilah Huddleston and Danielle Hamer • July 8, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Hearing of the Committee of the Whole on Increasing Investments in Housing
By Kate Coventry • June 25, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Erica Williams, DCFPI Executive Director at the Overall Budget Public Hearing, Committee of the Whole
By Erica Williams • June 25, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Blog
“Tax Flight” is a Myth; DC Should Raise Taxes on the Wealthy for a Just Recovery
By Erica Williams • June 25, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Excluded Workers Demand Inclusion: $200 Million Investment is Essential Though Less than Half of What’s Needed
By Doni Crawford • June 24, 2021 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Affordable Housing Investments and Transparency Should Be Council Priorities During Committee Markups
By Doni Crawford and Eliana Golding • June 23, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Blog
DCFPI’s Budget Testimony Round-Up
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 21, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
All Publications & Resources
Blog
Five Misunderstandings About the Congressional Bill to Protect the District’s Budget
By Tazra Mitchell • March 21, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
In The News
Washington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from Congress
Bloomberg • March 14, 2025
In The News
D.C.’s homeless may get moved, but the problem isn’t going away
The Washington Post • March 14, 2025
In The News
Department of Education directs schools to end diversity programs, threatens to pull funding
DC News Now • March 14, 2025
Testimony
Delays in Implementation of Housing Vouchers Need to Be Addressed
By Kate Coventry • March 13, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Press Release
Joint Statement from DC Fiscal Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Institute (of Virginia), and the Maryland Center for Economic Policy on the Federal Continuing Resolution
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 12, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Congress Set to Force $1 Billion in Spending Cuts for DC
By Tazra Mitchell • March 10, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
DC Contends with Extreme Child Poverty Disparities by Race, Place, and Age
By Connor Zielinski • March 10, 2025 • Income & Poverty