Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Managing the District’s Debt: How a Debt Cap Can Serve as an Important Fiscal Oversight Tool While Also Allowing the District to Achieve its Development Goals
By Jenny Reed • October 24, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Oversight Roundtable on The Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2009 Gap-Closing Proposal, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 17, 2008
Blog
How Should the District Address Its Revenue Shortfall? Some Guiding Principles
By Jenny Reed • September 30, 2008 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Research Associate at the Public Hearing on B17-0914, the Limitation on Borrowing and Establishment of the Operating Cash Reserve Act of 2008, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By Jenny Reed • September 22, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Poverty In DC Remains As High As At The End Of The Last Recession, New Census Bureau Data Show
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 26, 2008 • Income & Poverty
Testimony
Testimony of Lindsay Clark, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute For the Public Roundtable regarding Strategies to Eliminate the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s Current Waiting List of Individuals Seeking Housing Choice Vouchers and Placement in Public Housing
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 14, 2008 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Research Associate, For the Public Hearing on The City Market at O Street Tax Increment Financing Act of 2008 District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By Jenny Reed • July 2, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony Of Ed Lazere, Executive Director At the Public Hearing on Bill 17-745, The Youth Mentoring Recruitment Incentive Amendment Act of 2008 District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By Ed Lazere • June 25, 2008 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Making the Southwest Waterfront Bond Financing Act the Best Deal for the District of Columbia: Four Changes Could Potentially Save DC Millions
By Jessica Fulton • June 25, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
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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
Report
Repealing Harsh Income Rules Will Help Unhoused Residents Access Assisted Living
By Kate Coventry • September 3, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Press Release
Mayor Bowser Paves the Way for More Federal Overreach
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 3, 2025 • DC Statehood
