Wards 7 and 8 are ‘food swamps.’ D.C. should make building grocery stores there a priority.
Washington Post • May 21, 2021 • Income & Poverty
To this day, only three of the 49 full-service grocery stores in D.C. are located in Wards 7 and 8.
D.C. Temporarily Reverses Ban On Former Felons In Cannabis Industry
The Outlaw Report • May 14, 2021
Doni Crawford, senior policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, said local activists helped craft the legislation, and successfully pushed it to the top of the council’s agenda: “It’s definitely a really big step forward,” Crawford said.
A 12-Bed Women’s Housing Facility Is Opening In Northeast Next Month
DCist • May 13, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
A 2020 study from the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute found that nearly a third of people experiencing homelessness in the District say incarceration played a role in their housing struggles.
D.C. Public Schools Won’t Lose Money This Year Despite Enrollment Loss; Experts Ask: Is That Enough For Post-COVID Recovery?
The 74 Million • May 5, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
“My biggest concern is just the process DCPS will use to communicate to schools that they now have access to this [$14 million] funding and can indeed use it to stabilize staff,” Qubilah Huddleston, an education policy analyst at DCFPI, told The 74.
DC Councilmember proposes trust fund program for babies born to low income families
WUSA9 • May 5, 2021 • Income & Poverty
McDuffie contends the District government-sponsored trust funds could solve the District’s growing racial wealth gap. In which white families have 81 times the wealth of black families according to the DC Fiscal Policy institute.
Bowser Is Planning To Set Aside Millions More For D.C. Public Schools In The Next Budget. Is It Enough?
DCist • May 4, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
The money is a relief for many communities, but questions remain, said Qubilah Huddleston, a policy analyst for the the think tank D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.
‘D.C.’s richest residents pay lower taxes than everyone else,’ report finds
Street Sense Media • April 29, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Washington, D.C.’s wealthiest residents pay a lower share of their earnings in D.C. taxes than its middle-income residents, a recent report published by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute found.
Housing Production Trust Fund could receive $263M windfall
Street Sense Media • April 14, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
The Housing Production Trust Fund, the District’s largest fund for creating affordable housing, is expected to receive $263 million as a result of a budget surplus.
The one program that’s been building affordable homes west of Rock Creek Park
Greater Greater Washington • April 8, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Eliana Golding, a housing policy analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, said she would be hesitant to draw conclusions about IZ’s effects on the overall market without knowing the specifics.
Power Moves: DC Fiscal Policy Institute and WireWheel have new execs
Technical.ly • March 26, 2021
DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) has appointed Erica Williams as its new executive director. She starts in the leadership role on April 6.