Featured Publications & Resources
Testimony
Testimony of Wes Rivers, At the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Oversight Hearing For the DC Department of Health at the District of Columbia Committee on Health and Human Service April 22, 2015
By Wes Rivers • April 22, 2015 • Health Equity
Blog
FY 2016 Budget Would Make Investments That Help Kids Enter School Healthy and Ready to Learn
By Wes Rivers • April 22, 2015 • Health Equity
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere at a Public Oversight Hearing on the Proposed FY 2016 Budget of the Department of Housing and Community Development
By Ed Lazere • April 20, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Maintaining Economic Diversity and Affordability: A Strategy for Preserving Affordable Rental Housing in the District of Columbia — Executive Summary
By Ed Lazere • April 20, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Blog
Introducing DCFPI’s Budget Chartbook and Toolkit!
By Ed Lazere • April 17, 2015 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
How to Use the DC Budget to Improve Health Care Access and Quality
By Soumya Bhat • April 16, 2015 • Health Equity
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere at Budget Oversight Hearing for Department of Health Care Finance, April 17, 2015
By Ed Lazere • April 16, 2015 • Health Equity / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Taking Time to Get the TANF Time Limit Right: A One-year Extension of Assistance to Families Makes Sense
By Ed Lazere • April 15, 2015 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Proposed FY 2016 Budget Makes Key Investments to Reduce Inequality And Expand Opportunity for DC Residents
By Ed Lazere • April 13, 2015 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
A Modest Sales Tax Change Will Support Important Initiatives to Help Vulnerable DC Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 8, 2015 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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Fact Sheets
Why Revenue is Essential for Early Childhood Education
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 19, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Part Two of Mayor Bowser’s “Growth” Agenda Ignores Moment of Crisis
By Shira Markoff • November 7, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
Press Release
Over 150 Organizations Call on Congress to Commit to Defending DC’s Autonomy
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 6, 2025
Blog
DC Revenue Higher than Expected, But a Recession Still Looms
By Tazra Mitchell • October 3, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
In The News
D.C. homeless seniors face financial barriers to assisted living, according to new report
Street Sense Media • October 1, 2025
Blog
Federal Efforts to Reinstate Cash Bail in DC Disproportionately Harms Black Residents
By Diontre Davis • September 29, 2025 • DC Statehood / Inclusive Economy
In The News
Beyond the Spin: How Industry Advocacy Distorts Debate in the RENTAL Act Push
Washington City Paper • September 17, 2025
Report
DC Council Can Expand Affordable Housing and Spur Investment Without Gutting Tenant Rights
By Mychal Cohen • September 16, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Blog
Inequality Remained Extreme in 2024 as DC Backslid on Poverty
By Connor Zielinski • September 15, 2025 • Income & Poverty
Press Release
DC Fiscal Policy Institute Launches the Advocacy Xccelerator Fund
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 9, 2025
