Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Fair Business Incentives Are OK. Tax Giveaways Aren’t. DC is Making the Right Move on the Line Hotel
By Ed Lazere • June 5, 2019 • Economic Development
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
Op-Ed
Economic Development: What Works and What Doesn’t?
By Amy Lieber • Hill Rag • May 10, 2019 • Economic Development
Blog
Things Money Can’t Buy: Love, and Economic Development
By Ed Lazere and Amy Lieber • January 9, 2019 • Economic Development
Blog
DC Should Invest in Good Jobs, Not Economic Development Warfare
By Ed Lazere • December 13, 2018 • Economic Development
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere At the Public Oversight Roundtable on Real Property Tax Abatement for Chemonics International
By Ed Lazere • December 12, 2018 • Economic Development
Press Release
New Report: Embracing High-Road Development Policies Will Boost Wages and Job Quality for Workers Left Behind by Economic Development
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 2, 2018 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Blog
Taking the High Road: How Economic Development Projects Can Reduce Inequality in DC
By Brittany Alston • July 2, 2018 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Report
High-Road Development: Building Prosperity for Workers and the District
By Brittany Alston • July 2, 2018 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Blog
“Opportunity Zones” Will Sweeten District-Supported Real Estate Deals
By Claire Zippel • June 8, 2018 • Economic Development
All Publications & Resources
Press Release
CFO Overreach in Designating Events DC Surplus Jeopardizes Critical Public Housing Repairs
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 13, 2019 • Affordable Housing
Blog
CFO Overreach in Events DC Surplus Would Eliminate Opportunity to Address Deplorable Public Housing Conditions
By Kamolika Das • June 13, 2019 • Affordable Housing
Blog
It's Time to Make the Housing Production Trust Fund More Transparent
By Doni Crawford • June 12, 2019 • Affordable Housing
Blog
Fair Business Incentives Are OK. Tax Giveaways Aren’t. DC is Making the Right Move on the Line Hotel
By Ed Lazere • June 5, 2019 • Economic Development
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 • May 29, 2019 • Budget
In The News
In Increasingly Expensive D.C., A Longtime Black Bookstore Looks For Tax Relief
DCist • May 29, 2019 • Taxes
In The News
Four Years, $13 million and Dozens of Hands: How ‘Affordable Housing’ Gets Made in America
MarketWatch • May 25, 2019 • Affordable Housing
In The News
Bowser and D.C. Council Offer Competing Visions on Affordable Housing Crisis
The Washington Post • May 22, 2019 • Affordable Housing / Budget
