Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Limited School Funding Can Lead to the Misuse of Extra Resources for Low-Income Students: A Closer Look at ‘At-Risk’ Funds
By Marlana Wallace • April 13, 2018 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
Building the Foundation: A Blueprint for Creating Affordable Housing for DC’s Lowest-Income Residents
By Claire Zippel • April 4, 2018 • Affordable Housing
Report
Lessons from the Waterfront: Economic Development Projects Must Do More to Lessen DC’s Worsening Income Inequality
By Ilana Boivie • October 12, 2017 • Jobs & Training
Report
Economic Powerhouse: DC is Growing Faster than the Region
By Ilana Boivie • May 24, 2017 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Report
Still Looking for Work: Unemployment in DC Highlights Racial Inequity
By Linnea Lassiter • March 1, 2017 • Income & Poverty
Report
Revenue: Where DC Gets Its Money
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 9, 2017 • Budget / Taxes
Report
Interactive: How Does Your Household Income Compare to Other DC Households?
By Molly Mills • August 12, 2016 • Income & Poverty
Report
When Every Dollar Counts: Child Poverty Has Lasting Negative Effects, But Even Small Income Boosts Can Help
By Kate Coventry • February 11, 2016 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Report
DC’s Public Housing: An Important Resource at Risk
By Claire Zippel • January 27, 2016 • Affordable Housing
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
