Research conducted in June by the DCFPI found that the $200 million request is less than half of what’s needed for excluded workers to match the average unemployment benefits received by other workers through the first year of the pandemic.
Eliana Golding, a policy analyst at DCFPI focused on inclusive economies, says presenting trackable metrics in an easily digestible or visual way allows activists & organizers to add quantitative data to their lived experiences when advocating to lawmakers.
Still, advocates for affordable housing and homeless services believe the mayor’s budget does not do enough to meet residents’ needs given the times.
Mayor Bowser ordered the shift on Thursday after consulting with DCHA officials, taking the combined $57 million she initially included in her 2022 budget plan for repairs at the Claridge Towers complex near Shaw and distributing it among 3 other communities.
Eighty percent of DC voters support raising taxes on incomes above $250,000 a year to support the District’s long-term economic recovery, a new poll from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute and DC Action shows.
A large majority of D.C. voters support raising taxes on big corporations and higher-income residents to help bankroll the city’s recovery and other goals. That’s according to the results of a new poll sponsored by DCFPI and DC Action.
DCFPI staff have delivered testimony at eleven budget hearings since the Mayor proposed her budget on May 27th. In these testimonies, we reminded lawmakers of the unprecedented opportunity to leverage American Rescue Plan dollars and raise local revenue for […]
Kate Coventry, a senior policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, said she is a bit puzzled the city isn’t setting aside money to give prospective tenants vouchers to pay rent at the buildings it acquires.
The DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) is the grateful recipient of a $100,000 Challenge Grant from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) and made possible with support from the Sandler Family Foundation.
Doni Crawford, Senior Policy Analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy institute, told The Outlaw Report she was encouraged to see the new funding, though work remains to be done to create an equitable medical cannabis market in the District.