Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
A Path to Better Budgeting: Suspend the Council Finance Committee
By Ed Lazere • July 2, 2019 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Transparency: A Key to Education Equity and Better School Budgets
By Ed Lazere • June 27, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Beyond Outdoor Movies: Summer in DC Also Brings Paid Family Leave and a Higher Minimum Wage
By Simone Holzer • June 24, 2019 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Hearing on the “Interagency Council on Behavioral Health Establishment Amendment Act of 2019”
By Kate Coventry • June 21, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Doni Crawford At the Public Hearing on the Housing Production Trust Fund Transparency Amendment Act of 2019
By Doni Crawford • June 17, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kamolika Das At the Public Hearing on the Paid Leave to Vote Amendment Act of 2019
By Kamolika Das • June 13, 2019 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Blog
CFO Overreach in Events DC Surplus Would Eliminate Opportunity to Address Deplorable Public Housing Conditions
By Kamolika Das • June 13, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Blog
It’s Time to Make the Housing Production Trust Fund More Transparent
By Doni Crawford • June 12, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Op-Ed
DC’s Best Tool for Advancing Racial Equity? The Budget.
By Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer and Amy Lieber • Hill Rag • June 11, 2019 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Fair Business Incentives Are OK. Tax Giveaways Aren’t. DC is Making the Right Move on the Line Hotel
By Ed Lazere • June 5, 2019 • Inclusive Economy
All Publications & Resources
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
