Expanding estimates, unanswered questions: Checking the math on DC stadium deal
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 16, 2025
A First Look at the Mayor’s Budget: An Inequality Agenda
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 29, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Just as DC is set to enter a local recession and Congress is advancing historic cuts to health coverage and food assistance, Mayor Bowser proposed a fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget and financial plan that abandons residents with the fewest resources to fend for […]
Bowser bets on business-friendly D.C. budget while cutting some programs
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 28, 2025
“This is not a ‘growth agenda.’ It’s an inequality agenda,” Erica Williams, executive director of the left-leaning DC Fiscal Policy Institute, said in a statement the organization issued after Bowser unveiled her proposal.
Mayor’s Budget Leaves Residents with Fewest Resources Out in the Cold
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 27, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
DC is entering a period of extreme hardship, with growing unemployment, a local recession, and likely devastating cuts to health coverage and food assistance at the federal level. But instead of fortifying local programs to shelter residents from the coming […]
House Tax Bill Would Be a Massive Giveaway for the Wealthiest Washingtonians
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 23, 2025
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Proposed Federal Medicaid and Food Assistance Cuts Will Hurt DC Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 8, 2025 • Health Equity / Income & Poverty
Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are pushing harsh cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, and other programs, to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent. The cuts could be in the form of […]
Study shows nearly half of renters in DC struggle to pay
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 23, 2025
A recent analysis by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute shows 44.7% of all renters in D.C. are “rent burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on rent. The statistics come from a one-year estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American […]
DC Mayor freezes government spending amid budget uncertainty
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 21, 2025
“Two-thirds of our budget goes to education, to public safety, and to health and human services,” said Erica Williams, executive director of the nonprofit D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. “And so there is no way to get through $410 million in cuts or a billion […]
Trump signs order on Washington DC as Republicans exert control over city
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 8, 2025
“We’re taught as children, if we make a mistake, we own up to it, and we try to do better and right the wrong that we’ve caused. And what we saw is that the US House had that opportunity and chose not to right the wrong,” Mitchell said.
D.C.’s budget still stuck in limbo, awaiting action from Congress
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 8, 2025
“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.