DCPS Submitted School Budgets Show Continued Need for a Long-Term Vision for Racial Equity
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Erica Williams, the director of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, says property tax breaks are the wrong mechanism to help commercial property owners convert buildings to housing…
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At the root of homelessness in the District are high housing costs and the structural racism that has created disparities in housing, wealth, incarceration, and health.
Eliana Golding, a housing analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute who has closely tracked the HPTF under the Bowser’s administration, said that to the fund’s credit, it’s positive that the money is still going toward affordable housing broadly — […]
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