Featured Publications & Resources
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute at the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Human Services, District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 19, 2009 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, at the Public Hearing on Priorities for the use of Potential Funds for the District of Columbia from Recovery and Reinvestment Proposals Currently under Consideration in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By Jenny Reed • February 10, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Hearing on Bill 17-1008, the NoMA Residential Development Tax Abatement Act of 2008
By Tina Paden • November 24, 2008 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, at the Public Hearing on the NoMA Residential Development Tax Abatement Act of 2008
By Tina Paden • November 24, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Budget Cuts Adopted by the DC Council Fall Disproportionately On Programs for Low-Income Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 17, 2008 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Managing the District’s Debt: How a Debt Cap Can Serve as an Important Fiscal Oversight Tool While Also Allowing the District to Achieve its Development Goals
By Jenny Reed • October 24, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
Blog
How Should the District Address Its Revenue Shortfall? Some Guiding Principles
By Jenny Reed • September 30, 2008 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Research Associate at the Public Hearing on B17-0914, the Limitation on Borrowing and Establishment of the Operating Cash Reserve Act of 2008, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By Jenny Reed • September 22, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Research Associate, For the Public Hearing on The City Market at O Street Tax Increment Financing Act of 2008 District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By Jenny Reed • July 2, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony Of Ed Lazere, Executive Director At the Public Hearing on Bill 17-745, The Youth Mentoring Recruitment Incentive Amendment Act of 2008 District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By Ed Lazere • June 25, 2008 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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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
