Featured Publications & Resources
Report
Has Spending Per Poor Person Grown Since 1990?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 24, 2004 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget
Report
The Untold Story of the DC Budget: Overall Spending Has Grown Only Modestly Since 1990 but Support for Services to Low-income Residents Has Fallen Sharply
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 16, 2004 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Idara Nickelson, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute At the Public Hearing on Fiscal Year 2003 and Fiscal Year 2004 Spending and Performance by the Department of Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 4, 2004 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute At the Community Participation Hearing on “The District’s Draft HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee Application for the DC USA Project and Proposed Modification to the FY 2004 Consolidated Plan Action Planâ€
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 28, 2004 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
What Kind of Property Tax Relief Should DC Provide?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 15, 2004 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, At the Public Hearing on the Homestead Exemption Amendment Act of 2003, Bill 15-188, the Residential Real Property Tax Deferral and Recapture Act of 2003, Bill 15-619, and the Topic of Reducing the Real Property Tax Rate For Class 1 Owner-Occupied Properties
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 13, 2004 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Does The District Have $190 Million Additional Revenue To Spend This Year?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 9, 2004 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Property Tax Relief Considerations
By Ed Lazere • December 12, 2003 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Concerns With The Proposed 10 Percent Property Tax Cap
By Ed Lazere • November 26, 2003 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, At the Public Hearing on the Owner-Occupant Residential Tax Credit Act of 2003, Bill 15-303, and the Homestead Exemption Amendment Act of 2003, Bill 15-188
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 10, 2003 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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Fact Sheets
The Lasting Harm of DC's Criminal Legal Fines & Fees Demand More Reporting and Transparency
By Michael Johnson Jr. • October 10, 2024 • Inclusive Economy
In The News
DC Council to hear emergency legislation that would boost pay for childcare workers
WJLA • October 10, 2024
Press Release
DC Tax Revision Commission Chair Again Delays Final Vote on Recommendations
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 9, 2024
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes Diana Chavez as our Early Childhood Education Intern!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 20, 2024
Blog
Poverty Reduction Stalled While Racial and Income Inequality Persisted in 2023
By Tazra Mitchell • September 16, 2024 • Income & Poverty
In The News
New report exposes DC police using arrests and tickets to score revenue for the District
The Real News • September 11, 2024
Testimony
Budget Constraints Necessitate Changes to the PEF Formula and Structure
By Anne Gunderson • August 22, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Fact Sheets
By Investing $139 Million in DC’s Child Care Subsidy Program, the Local Economy Could Grow $1.7 Billion
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 6, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
With Council Changes, the FY 2025 Budget Advances Educational Equity
By Erika Roberson • July 29, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education