Building the Foundation: A Blueprint for Creating Affordable Housing for DC’s Lowest-Income Residents contextualizes the District’s recent affordable housing investments and outlines a ten-year blueprint to address severe rent burden among DC’s extremely low-income residents.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Staff, of Which DC Fiscal Policy Institute Is a Part, Form Union
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy institute in Washington, D.C., of which DCFPI is a part, today voluntarily recognized an 88-member staff union represented by the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), Local 70 of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
Takeaways from the Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget: Important Investments and Missed Opportunities
Mayor Bowser's proposed fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget makes important investments in early childhood development, PreK-12 education, health, and housing and homelessness. But the budget falls short of what is needed to really address our affordable housing crisis, make...
Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Makes Important Investments But Misses Big Opportunities
Mayor Bowser's proposed fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget makes important investments in early childhood development, PreK-12 education, health, and housing and homelessness. But the budget falls short of what is needed to really address our affordable housing crisis, make...
DCFPI Statements on FY 2019 Budget
CONTACT: Simone Holzer 202-325-8775 sholzer@dcfpi.org The fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget is an opportunity to use the city’s resources to create a promising future for all District residents. Mayor Bowser’s FY 2019 budget took steps in the right direction, but more...
Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Toolkit
Welcome to the DCFPI's fiscal year (FY) 2019 Budget Toolkit! The Budget Toolkit has resources to help you understand the annual budget process and what's in the proposed FY 2019 DC budget. Analysis of Key Issue Areas: In order to help you understand what's in the...
Here’s What You Need to Know About DC’s FY 2019 Budget Season
The DC budget—our community’s decisions about how to spend our resources—is the central tool for addressing challenges like widening racial inequities in access to affordable housing, quality health care, and educational opportunities. By crafting a budget that...
Next Week: Opportunities to Advocate for a Budget that Serves All DC Residents
The DC budget—our community’s decisions about how to spend our resources—is the central tool for ensuring that all DC residents can succeed in our changing city. In the coming months, there are several opportunities to voice our values and influence the Fiscal Year...
DCFPI Welcomes Kevin Hundelt to Our Team!
We're excited to introduce you to Kevin Hundelt, DCFPI's new intern! Kevin’s passion for public policy analysis and fascination with the east coast have brought him to DC and the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Kevin was born and raised in Clayton, Missouri. Growing up,...
DCFPI Welcomes Brittany Alston to Our Team!
The DC Fiscal Policy Institute welcomes Brittany Alston, our newest policy analyst! Brittany is excited to begin researching workforce development and workplace policies in the District. She welcomes the opportunity to advocate for low-income workers throughout the...
DC Needs a Budget that Invests in District Residents
DC’s vibrant and growing economy has made it a great place to live and work for many, but the benefits of our new prosperity are not being shared widely. Our healthy economy has had troubling downsides, including an increase in homelessness, displacement of people of...
Chronic Absenteeism is a Symptom of Underinvestment in the Supports Students Need to Thrive Inside and Outside the Classroom
CONTACT: Simone Holzer 202-325-8775 sholzer@dcfpi.org It would be short-sighted to look at the problems at Ballou High School as an isolated scandal: one school alone cannot remedy decades of economic inequality and racial injustice. Chronic absenteeism is widespread...
House Tax Plan: Largest Share of Tax Cuts Go To DC’s Richest 1 Percent, Little Benefit for the District’s Low-Income Residents
CONTACT: Claire Zippel 202-325-8351 czippel@dcfpi.org The richest 1 percent of District residents would receive 41 percent of the tax cuts under the House tax plan in its first year—and nearly three-fourths of the cuts in 2027—according to an analysis released by the...
$82 Million Subsidy for Developers in Union Market Area Would Be a Giveaway
DC should spend economic development resources in communities that need it most, and should create good jobs and affordable housing, analysis concludes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Simone Holzer (202) 325-8775 sholzer@dcfpi.org Washington, D.C.- A proposed $82...
Guest Blog: Setting Our Peers Up for Success
SchoolTalk DC believes that all youth benefit from support in thinking about and planning for their futures after high school. The transition from school to adulthood is especially important for youth with disabilities. One year after graduating or leaving school,...
The Wharf Officially Opens with Much Fanfare
In the 1850s, Richard Holmes, an enslaved man, walked off a plantation in the south, landing at the Wharf in Washington, D.C. More than a hundred years later, his great-granddaughter christened the opening of the transformed historic site.
The healthy D.C. economy is leaving behind longtime black residents, new study finds
The booming and increasingly dynamic D.C. economy is leaving the city’s longtime black residents behind, according to a study released Thursday that examines African American employment, population and housing trends in the nation’s capital.
Massive Taxpayer Subsidy of DC’s Wharf Project Supports Creation of Low-Wage Jobs with Minimal Benefits
Report: The District Should Do More to Use Its Economic Development Incentives to Foster Quality Jobs and Shared Prosperity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Simone Holzer (202) 325-8775 sholzer@dcfpi.org or Michael Blain (240) 460-3250 citizenblain@gmail.com The...
New Report: Proposals to “Repeal and Replace” Paid Family Leave in DC Would Weaken the Law’s Strengths
Workers and small businesses at risk in proposed roll backs, report finds CONTACT: Kelsea Wilkerson (972) 951-6694 Kelsea@megaphonestrategies.com or Kawana Lloyd 240-472-2860 Kawana@megaphonestrategies.com Washington, D.C.- Today, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute...
Paid Family Leave May Be Law In The District, But Some Big Details Are Still Up For Debate
It’s been almost a year since a super-majority of the D.C. Council approved a bill guaranteeing workers in D.C. up to eight weeks of paid family leave, but next week legislators will re-open debate on the issue and consider a number of measures that could change who’s...