FY 2025 Budget Must Address Hardship with Equitably Raised Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 30, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
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There’s A Growing Push To Develop Social Housing In D.C. What Is It?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 17, 2024
Unlike traditional public housing, which is owned by the federal government and managed by quasi-independent local government agencies, like the DC Housing Authority, social housing is owned by local governments themselves. That’s an important distinction, […]
DC Voters Strongly Support Public Investments that Address Economic Hardship, According to New Poll
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 16, 2024
New polling from Data for Progress and the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) shows near unanimous support from DC voters for investments in programs and services that support residents experiencing economic hardship.
Top 5 Percent of DC Earners Pay Lower Effective Tax Rate Than Bottom 95 Percent
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 9, 2024
While DC’s tax code ranks as the least regressive in the nation, the top 5 percent of District families pay a lower effective tax rate (11.2 percent) than the bottom 95 percent (11.6 percent).
First-time home buyers banked on D.C. aid. Then the city changed the rules.
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 30, 2023
Eliana Golding, a housing analyst with the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, said the Bowser administration should have been able to anticipate that more than doubling homeownership aid for eligible families last year, ahead of a tough budget season, would create […]
Video: How DC Can Become the First Major City to End Chronic Homelessness
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 28, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
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D.C.’s Black-White Unemployment Gap Is The Worst In The Nation
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 10, 2023
“If 11% were the general unemployment rate, that would be considered a crisis and there would be a crisis response,” says Caitlin Schnur, who co-authored the DCFPI report and is the group’s deputy policy director.
DC Fiscal Policy Institute Joins the Catalyst Grant Program
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 1, 2023
The DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) is thrilled to join the Catalyst Grant Program, a collaborative effort between The Urban Institute and the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative to help nonprofit organizations use data and technology to advance racial […]
DCFPI Welcomes Erika Roberson as Our New Policy Analyst
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 19, 2023
Erika will lead the DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s research and advocacy on education policy, aimed at eliminating racial and income inequities in student experiences and outcomes.
