“What we face right now is a real scorched earth strategy from federal leaders, including federal government layoffs and the destruction of agencies,” said Erica Williams, the head of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.
Meanwhile, Tazra Mitchell, chief policy and strategy officer for the nonprofit D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, remains concerned that the House has yet to respond.
“D.C. is facing two $1 billion problems,” said Tazra Mitchell, the chief policy and strategy officer for the nonprofit D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. “We have to first deal with this immediate threat of congressional interference, but also on the other […]
According to the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, 77% of those who need affordable housing in D.C. are extremely low-income, with only 39% of apartments available to those who fall into this category.
Erica Williams, the executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, called the bill “an extreme act of federal interference in local affairs.”
“The federal government is certainly an important part of the D.C. economy and has been a buoy for us through tough economic times.” said Erica Williams, executive director of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute
“I feel like, for the most part, we had a good process with a respectable outcome,” Erica Williams says. “It’s unfortunate it’s been undermined in this way.”
“We need to be protecting the Pay Equity Fund as if our economy depends on it, because it absolutely does,” Gunderson said.
Michael Johnson, Jr. of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute joins Rattling the Bars to discuss this eye-opening report, “The Hidden Cost of Justice.”
“We’re at really high capacity, and that’s concerning because we likely will have another heat wave,” Kate Coventry, deputy director of legislative strategy for the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute and a voting member of ICH, said in an interview.