Emergency Rental Assistance Reduces the Extremely Harmful Impact of DC Evictions
By Kate Coventry • November 18, 2024 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
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What’s in the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 26, 2023 • Revenue & Budget
Despite DC Council’s approved fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget investments in key programs, it doesn’t go far enough to meaningfully address stark racial and economic inequities.
DC Council Can Celebrate Mothers by Investing in Their Economic Security
By Caitlin C. Schnur • May 12, 2023 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
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Council Must Invest in Affordable Housing Preservation to Prevent Displacement
By Eliana Golding • April 3, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
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Funding ERAP is a Moral Obligation, Not a Moral Hazard
By Caitlin C. Schnur • March 31, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
The Mayor’s shocking proposal to slash ERAP flies in the face of urgent, demonstrated need for rental assistance.
Mayor’s Proposed FY24 Budget Cuts Essential Funding for Programs to End Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • March 31, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
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Underfunding and Implementation Delays Undermine Progress Toward Ending Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • February 23, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
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DC’s Tools to Create and Preserve Affordable Housing
By Eliana Golding • December 22, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
As prosperity and population in DC grow, residents with low incomes increasingly struggle with the District’s high and rising housing costs.
Testimony at the Public Oversight Hearing on DHS Implementation of Housing Investments
By Kate Coventry • November 4, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
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Testimony of at the Budget Oversight Hearing on the Department of Human Services
By Kate Coventry • March 31, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Racism and other systemic barriers to opportunity have left Black residents at a higher risk for evictions and homelessness. We are urging the Council to add additional funding that take aim at both longstanding racial inequities and inequities related to the […]