Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
DC Takes Steps to Ensure Residents Can Access Needed Benefits
By Kate Coventry • April 23, 2020 • COVID-19 / TANF & Income Support
Blog
COVID-19 Makes It Clear: Housing is Healthcare
By Kate Coventry • April 14, 2020 • COVID-19 / Homelessness
Blog
More Support Urgently Needed for DC’s Excluded Workers
By Alyssa Noth • April 10, 2020 • COVID-19 / Jobs & Training
Blog
DC Council’s Second COVID-19 Bill Would Expand Important Supports and Protections but Falls Short of Comprehensive Relief
By Doni Crawford, Alyssa Noth, Tazra Mitchell, Qubilah Huddleston and Eliana Golding • April 7, 2020 • COVID-19
Blog
Lawmakers Should Fund Rental Payment Relief in Next COVID-19 Package
By Eliana Golding and Danielle Hamer • April 3, 2020 • Affordable Housing / COVID-19
Blog
As Families Navigate the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, Education Officials Should Put Educational Equity at the Forefront of Their Ongoing Response
By Qubilah Huddleston • April 2, 2020 • COVID-19 / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
District Unemployment Insurance Claims Spike in the Wake of COVID-19
By Doni Crawford • March 31, 2020 • COVID-19 / Jobs & Training
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Federal Aid Package Shortchanges DC, Forces District to Rely More Heavily on Reserves
By Tazra Mitchell • March 30, 2020 • Budget / COVID-19 / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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In The News
D.C. Council Debates Proposed Tax Increase on the Wealthy
Washington Informer • July 29, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
Blog
In Historic Budget Vote, DC Council Makes Transformative Investments But Misses Important Opportunities for Equity
By Kate Coventry • July 27, 2021 • Budget
In The News
In D.C., A New Tax Measure Could Help Eradicate Poverty — If Residents Take Advantage Of It
DCist • July 22, 2021 • Budget / Income & Poverty
Press Release
Statement from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute: DC Council’s Budget Takes Big Step in Ensuring a Just Recovery and Future
By Erica Williams • July 21, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
In The News
Vigil honors Jose Navarro and 42 other individuals who died on D.C. streets in 2021
Street Sense Media • July 21, 2021 • Homelessness
In The News
Excluded Workers Rallied Against Another Exclusion Before the Council Budget Vote
Washington City Paper • July 21, 2021 • Budget / Income & Poverty
In The News
Chairman Mendelson’s Newsletter on Raising Taxes, Annotated
Washington City Paper • July 20, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
Blog
A Modest Tax Increase Won't Drive Out High-Income Residents or Small Businesses
By Tazra Mitchell • July 19, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
In The News
Erica Williams and Kimberly Perry: By balancing the tax code, we can fund a just recovery
The DC Line • July 19, 2021 • Budget / Taxes
In The News
Ahead of DC Council’s first 2022 budget vote, a look at some of the changes sought by committee chairs
The DC Line • July 19, 2021 • Budget
