Featured Publications & Resources
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
Blog
Update: What Changed in the FY 2020 DC Budget at Final Vote
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer, Ed Lazere and Amy Lieber • May 29, 2019 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
DC Council Pits Affordable Housing Programs Against Each Other
By Doni Crawford and Kamolika Das • May 22, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere At the Public Oversight Roundtable on the Matter of Qualified High Technology Tax company Tax Incentives
By Ed Lazere • May 21, 2019 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
Blog
What You Need to Know About the FY 2020 DC Budget After First Vote
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer, Ed Lazere and Amy Lieber • May 15, 2019 • Revenue & Budget
Op-Ed
Economic Development: What Works and What Doesn’t?
By Amy Lieber • Hill Rag • May 10, 2019 • Inclusive Economy
Blog
Significant Decrease in Chronic Homelessness Should Motivate the DC Council To Make Additional Investments
By Kate Coventry • May 10, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Blog
Funding Equity: How to Find Money for a Better Budget
By Ed Lazere • May 9, 2019 • Revenue & Budget
All Publications & Resources
Fact Sheets
Why Revenue is Essential for Early Childhood Education
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 19, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Part Two of Mayor Bowser’s “Growth” Agenda Ignores Moment of Crisis
By Shira Markoff • November 7, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
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
