Tazra Mitchell, the chief policy and strategy officer for the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, argued that money could be used elsewhere, including increasing the rental assistance budget and funding other social services. Mitchell said that, as it stands, […]
“Every dollar that is rushed to fill the reserves is one fewer dollar available to address our residents’ unmet needs,” says Tazra Mitchell, chief policy and strategy officer at the left-leaning D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute and a longtime critic of the […]
Michael Johnson Jr., a budget analyst with the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, says the $15 million number represented a cut from Mayor Muriel Bowser’s initial budget proposal.
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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, […]
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 […]
“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.
“It’s absolutely a budget gimmick” said Erica Williams, executive director at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, referring to Bowser’s 2023 proposal to increase the downtown developer tax break.
“Eliana Golding at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, which has advocated for a greater increase in HPAP funding, said the program is crucial and must strive for greater consistency.”