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DC Is on Track to Provide Better Oversight of The Housing Production Trust Fund
By Claire Zippel • June 16, 2017 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at At the Public Hearing on Bill 22-293, Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2017 DC Council Committee on Human Services
By Kate Coventry • June 14, 2017 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Blog
DC Pursues Promising Approach: Shared Business Services for Home-Based Providers of Early Care and Education
By Marlana Wallace • June 14, 2017 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
With Paid Family Leave Fully Funded, It’s Time to Move Swiftly to Implement It
By Ilana Boivie • June 7, 2017 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Blog
Approved DC Budget Includes Important Investments But Tax Cuts Limited the Progress
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 31, 2017 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Predatory Penalties: How Late Fees on DC Traffic Tickets Punish the Poor
By Linnea Lassiter • May 26, 2017 • Income & Poverty
Blog
DC’s Economy Is Thriving, Which Means Business Tax Cuts Aren’t Needed to Make DC Competitive
By Chaz Rotenberg • May 25, 2017 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Economic Powerhouse: DC is Growing Faster than the Region
By Ilana Boivie • May 24, 2017 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Blog
Council Boosted Important Services during Mark-ups, But Substantial Gaps Remain
By Ed Lazere • May 24, 2017 • Revenue & Budget
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DC Must Grow Revenue and Spending to Pursue More Transformative Change
By Erica Williams • May 1, 2024 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Fact Sheets
How Wealthy Households Use a “Buy, Borrow, Die” Strategy to Avoid Taxes on Their Growing Fortunes
By Tazra Mitchell • April 29, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Council Must Choose to Equitably Raise Revenue Over Balancing the Budget on the Backs of Black and Brown Residents
By Tazra Mitchell • April 23, 2024 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Fully Fund the Second Chance Amendment Act
By Michael Johnson Jr. • April 22, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Raising Revenue Through Regressive Traffic Fines While Scaling Back Traffic Safety is Unsound and Unsafe
By Michael Johnson Jr. • April 22, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Press Release
Indivar Dutta-Gupta Joins DCFPI’s Board of Directors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 19, 2024
Testimony
DC Council Must Protect HealthCare4ChildCare
By Anne Gunderson • April 19, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
DC Council Should Restore Funding for the Pay Equity Fund
By Anne Gunderson • April 19, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
DC Council Should Restore Funding for the Baby Bonds Program
By Caitlin Schnur • April 19, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Proposed Staffing Cuts Undermine Education Equity
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 18, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget