Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
DC’s Revenue Picture is Improving but Substantial Financial Challenges Remain
By Tazra Mitchell • January 5, 2021 • Taxes
Blog
Remembering Our Neighbors Who Died While Homeless
By Kate Coventry • December 19, 2020 • Homelessness
Blog
The District Must Enact Revenue Options to Thwart Deepening Income Inequality
By Danielle Hamer • December 15, 2020 • Economic Development
Blog
Black Workers in the Grip of the Recession—Declining UI Trust Fund Could Cause More Harm
By Doni Crawford • November 20, 2020 • Income & Poverty
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Roundtable on the response to the COVID-19 public emergency by the agencies under the purview of the Committee on Human Services
By Kate Coventry • November 4, 2020 • Homelessness
Blog
Comprehensive Rent Control Reform Would Stabilize Housing for Thousands of DC Families
By Eliana Golding and Danielle Hamer • November 2, 2020 • Affordable Housing
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Public Oversight Hearing on the Public Health Element of the District’s COVID-19 Response
By Kate Coventry • October 28, 2020 • Health Care
Blog
Enrollment Drops in DC Schools Could Signal Long-Term Racial Opportunity Gaps
By Alyssa Noth • October 28, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Public Hearing on the Fair Tenant Screening Act of 2019 and the Michael A. Stoops Anti-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2019
By Kate Coventry • October 27, 2020 • Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Qubilah Huddleston, Education Policy Analyst at the Department of Behavioral Health Public Oversight Hearing Committee on Health
By Qubilah Huddleston • October 22, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Health Care
All Publications & Resources
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
Blog
Work to Advance Racial Equity in the Budget Is Incomplete
By Doni Crawford • July 16, 2021 • Budget
