Featured Publications & Resources
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What’s In the Approved FY 2021 Budget for the Safety Net?
By Kate Coventry, Qubilah Huddleston and Alyssa Noth • September 21, 2020 • Health Equity / Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Before the Pandemic, DC’s Economy was Booming, but COVID-19 is Increasing Hardship
By Alyssa Noth and Tazra Mitchell • September 17, 2020 • Income & Poverty
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What’s In the FY 2021 Approved Budget for an Inclusive Economy?
By Doni Crawford and Eliana Golding • September 17, 2020 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Roundtable on Tenant Protection and Eviction Prevention
By Kate Coventry • September 14, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
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What’s in the FY 2021 Approved Budget for Affordable Housing?
By Doni Crawford and Eliana Golding • September 14, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Report
What’s in the Fiscal Year 2021 Approved Budget for PreK-12 Education?
By Qubilah Huddleston • September 9, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
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What’s in the FY 2021 Approved Budget for Early Childhood Development?
By Alyssa Noth • August 24, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Results from School Funding Study Outline Options for DC to Advance Educational Equity
By Qubilah Huddleston and Alyssa Noth • August 21, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Pandemic is Throwing Many DC Residents into Financial Distress
By Tazra Mitchell • August 19, 2020 • COVID-19 / Income & Poverty
Op-Ed
Summer Brings New Benefits and Wage Increases for District Workers
By Doni Crawford • Hill Rag • August 17, 2020 • Income & Poverty
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Blog
Mayor’s Economic Playbook Full of Disproven Ideas that Could Worsen Inequality
By Tazra Mitchell • May 12, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
Fact Sheets
Proposed Federal Medicaid and Food Assistance Cuts Will Hurt DC Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 8, 2025 • Income & Poverty
Blog
Raising Revenue Could Help Stabilize DC’s Credit Ratings
By Erica Williams • April 25, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Nearly Half of All Renters and More Than Half of Black Renters in DC Struggle to Afford Rent
By Connor Zielinski • April 14, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
In The News
Trump signs order on Washington DC as Republicans exert control over city
The Guardian • April 8, 2025
In The News
No timeline yet for when House will consider bill to revert $1.1B cut to DC budget
ABC News 7 • April 8, 2025