VERIFY: Did DC ‘Defund the Police?’
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 16, 2020 • Revenue & Budget
COVID-19 maintains deadly grip on Black people in DC
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 11, 2020 • COVID-19
“We all just have a responsibility to remind our policy makers that the pandemic is not an excuse to not make progress,” says DCFPI’s Qubilah Huddleston.
Claiming Unemployment Benefits? These Are Your Options In The D.C. Region
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 5, 2020 • Inclusive Economy
“We also have to be thinking about these workers, too, when we talk about recovery, and that’s something that D.C. has unique oversight over.”
Washington College of Law hosts conference discussing social and political issues impacting the Latinx community
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 29, 2020
According to data from the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, in 2014, 22 percent of Hispanic residents lived below the poverty line compared to 7 percent of white, non-Hispanic residents.
Fact check: Median wealth is 81 times higher for white vs. Black households — in DC
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 22, 2020 • Inclusive Economy
The chart in the post was copied from a 2018 report, “Economic Inequality in DC Reflects Disparities in Income, Wages, Wealth, and Economic Mobility. Policy Solutions Should Too,” by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute
From evictions to deaths, a look back at media coverage of homelessness in the District over the past year
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 15, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
“‘For people returning to D.C. from incarceration, it often means coming home to homelessness,’ says Kate Coventry, the author of the DCFPI report. ‘They face all the same issues that other low-income folks in the District face, but they also face some […]
A national group of mayors is pushing for a guaranteed income, but without leadership from DC
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 15, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
he possibility is something lawmakers should consider, according to Tazra Mitchell of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. “We have to make sure there are no unintentional harsh effects of pushing people off of SNAP or TANF if they’re accessing a guaranteed […]
Fact Check: The Median White Household Wealth In The US Is NOT 81 Times The Black Median Household Wealth
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 13, 2020 • Inclusive Economy
DC Zoning Officials Say They Can’t Advance Large Projects Without Comp Plan Changes
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 8, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
“If consideration of comp plan revisions continues into 2021, [that will] will further delay its passage and, thereby, the review and approval of new housing, including much needed affordable housing, and inhibit investments we need for an equitable economic […]
Pandemic hit less than feared in 2020, but will hurt D.C. budget next year more than originally forecast
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 30, 2020 • Inclusive Economy
“During economic downturns, belt-tightening does more harm to Black, Brown and low-income residents, and it doesn’t help us grow our economy,” Mitchell said. “Budget cuts to essential programs are a nonstarter.”