Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Do You Have Burning Questions about DC Revenues? DCFPI’s New Report Provides Answers
By Tina Paden • February 7, 2013 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
DC Shows Strong Signs of Financial Recovery from the Recession — Now is the Time to Invest in DC’s Unmet Needs
By Jenny Reed • January 29, 2013 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Mayor Gray: Include Property Tax Relief for Low Income DC Residents in the FY2014 Budget!
By Jenny Reed • January 9, 2013 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Roundtable On the District of Columbia’s TANF Program
By Tina Paden • January 7, 2013 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
The Collateral Damage of the Fiscal Cliff: DC Has Been Forced to Hold Back on Important Programs
By Jenny Reed • January 2, 2013 • Revenue & Budget
Report
Widening the Gap: New Legislation Would Further Skew Dc’s Property Tax Benefits To High Value Homeowners And Creates Tremendous Disparities In Dc’s Property Tax System
By Tina Paden • December 19, 2012 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Mayor Gray: Keep TIFs Within the Debt Cap
By Tina Paden • December 4, 2012 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Hearing on Bill 19-993, the Local Budget Autonomy Act of 2012
By Tina Paden • November 15, 2012 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Hearing on B19-1007, the Residential Real Property Tax Relief Act of 2012
By Tina Paden • November 15, 2012 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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
