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Budget Resource Page
Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Toolkit
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 21, 2020 • Revenue & Budget
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What’s in the Mayor’s Proposed Budgets for the Department of Human Services?
By Kate Coventry • May 21, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness / Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
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5 Takeaways from the Mayor’s Proposed Budgets for FY 2020 (Revised) and FY 2021 (and Why You Should Pay Attention)
By Alyssa Noth, Doni Crawford, Eliana Golding, Kate Coventry, Tazra Mitchell and Qubilah Huddleston • May 19, 2020 • Revenue & Budget
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DC Leaders Should Center Six Principles When Crafting Budget Plans
By Kate Coventry • May 7, 2020 • COVID-19 / Revenue & Budget
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What Does COVID-19 Mean for the Survival of Black-Owned Businesses?
By Doni Crawford and Qubilah Huddleston • May 1, 2020 • COVID-19 / Inclusive Economy
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District Officials Project that DC Will Lose $1.5 Billion Through FY 2021
By Eliana Golding, Alyssa Noth and Danielle Hamer • April 29, 2020 • Revenue & Budget
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DC Takes Steps to Ensure Residents Can Access Needed Benefits
By Kate Coventry • April 23, 2020 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
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The Black Burden of COVID-19
By Doni Crawford and Qubilah Huddleston • April 16, 2020 • Inclusive Economy
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COVID-19 Makes It Clear: Housing is Health Care
By Kate Coventry • April 14, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
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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
Budget Resource Page
What’s in the Fiscal Year 2026 DC Budget?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 25, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Report
The Devastating Economic and Human Toll of Mass Deportation
By Shira Markoff • August 18, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
Press Release
DC Fiscal Policy Institute Selected for Spur Local’s 2025 Class
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 1, 2025