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Report
Trends In Funding For Human Services In The District of Columbia
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 18, 2005 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Angie Rodgers, Policy Analyst DC Fiscal Policy Institute at the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request for the DC Housing Authority District of Columbia Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 15, 2005 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, At the Public Hearing on The Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 13, 2005 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere on Property Tax Increase Caps
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 18, 2005 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute At the Public Hearing on Bill 16-35, the “Standard Deduction and Personal Exemption Coupling Act of 2005†Bill 16-115, the “Standard and Itemized Deduction Filing Election Act of 2005†Bill 16-139, the “Commercial Utility Tax Amendment Act of 2005” District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 14, 2005 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Trends in Funding for Affordable Housing in the District of Columbia
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 7, 2005 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Report
Bush Budget Would Mean $332 Million In Discretionary Spending Cuts For DC Through 2010
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 3, 2005 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Idara Nickelson, Policy Analyst, At the Public Hearing on Fiscal Year 2004 and Fiscal Year 2005 Spending and Performance by the Department of Human Services District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 22, 2005 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, Dc Fiscal Policy Institute At the Public Hearing on Bill 16-18, The Estate and Inheritance Tax Re-Coupling Act of 2005 Bill 16-19, The Pension or Other Retirement Income Exclusion from Income Tax Amendment Act of 2005, and Bill 16-22, The Public School Teachers Income Exclusion Act of 2005 District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 9, 2005 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Squeezed Out: The Worsening Shortage of Affordable Housing for Low-Income DC Households
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 13, 2005 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Income & Poverty
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DC Child Poverty Back to Extreme Level After Short-Lived Progress
By Connor Zielinski • February 19, 2026 • Income & Poverty
Fact Sheets
Cutting Reimbursement Rates in the DC Child Care Subsidy Program Would Cripple Budgets and Force Classrooms to Close
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 17, 2026 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Cuts to the DC Health Care Alliance Harm DC Residents
By Kate Coventry • February 12, 2026 • Health Equity
In The News
Congress seeks DCs compliance with One Big Beautiful Act; city fears $600M impact
ABC News 7 • February 10, 2026
In The News
Opinion: D.C. must restore TANF to pull more children out of poverty
The 51st • February 10, 2026
In The News
Republicans look to rebuke DC Council with swing at local tax code
Roll Call • February 10, 2026
Budget Resource Page
A Resident’s Guide to the DC Budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 7, 2026 • Revenue & Budget
In The News
Baby steps: Janeese Lewis George pledges universal affordable child care for D.C.
The 51st • February 6, 2026
Press Release
Congressional Interference Will Cost DC Nearly $700 Million in Local Revenue and Jeopardize Efforts to Reduce Child Poverty
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 4, 2026
In The News
House rejects D.C. tax changes, potentially costing the city $600M in revenue
The Washington Post • February 4, 2026
