Featured Publications & Resources
Report
Revenue Revealed: It’s Time to Amend DC’s Tax Expenditure Programs
By Amy Lieber • March 26, 2019 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Fact Sheets
Proposed Homeowner Tax Cut Would Worsen DC’s Racial, Economic and Geographic Inequities
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 28, 2019 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Tax Cuts for Mansions: A Recipe for Wider Inequity in DC
By Ed Lazere • February 26, 2019 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
‘Mansion Taxes’ Can Advance Opportunity for DC’s Residents
By Ed Lazere • February 7, 2019 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Op-Ed
DC’s Budget Choices Are Moral Choices
By Ed Lazere • The Washington Post • November 23, 2018 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Fact Sheets
New Online Sales Tax Revenue Should Go to Helping DC Residents
By Ed Lazere • November 13, 2018 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
New Revenue from Online Sales Tax Should Be Used for Resident Needs, Not Business Tax Cuts
By Ed Lazere • November 7, 2018 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere At the Public Hearing on Bill 22-0577, The Performing Arts Promotion Act of 2017
By Ed Lazere • October 30, 2018 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere At the Public Hearing on B22-909, the Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment Act of 2018
By Ed Lazere • October 30, 2018 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
All Publications & Resources
Report
A Holistic and Reparative Agenda for Ending Displacement in DC
By Eliana Golding • November 15, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Report
Taxing Capital Gains More Robustly Can Help Reduce DC’s Racial Wealth Gap
By Tazra Mitchell • October 31, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Better Targeted Property Tax Benefits Would Advance Racial Equity
By Eliana Golding • October 19, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
DC Can Advance Racial Equity and Black Homeownership through the Property Tax
By Eliana Golding • October 17, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Videos
Video: How DC Can Become the First Major City to End Chronic Homelessness
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 28, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Blog
More Teachers Will See Pay Increase with DC’s Temporary Grant Change for Child Care Centers
By Anne Gunderson • September 18, 2023 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Income & Poverty
Blog
DC Made Progress on Poverty Thanks to Public Investment in Residents
By Erica Williams • September 15, 2023 • Income & Poverty
Blog
State Tax Levels Have Little Effect on Where People Choose to Live
By Nikki Metzgar • August 21, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes