Downtown Rebound
The American Prospect • April 20, 2023
Erica Williams, the head of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, told DCist that she would prefer to see a loan or grant program to reduce the “upfront capital cost.”
How to end chronic homelessness in DC, according to new report
Street Sense • April 12, 2023
“It’s urgent, because people literally die because they are chronically homeless,” Kate Coventry, the report’s author and deputy director of legislative strategy for DCFPI said at an event promoting the report. “And they die from diseases the rest of […]
Violence, downtown, Congress: Obstacles grow in Bowser’s third term
Washington Post • April 7, 2023
“There are good ideas, and could be part of a plan to get to this massive shift in incomes, but it’s not sufficient to get there. Not even close,” Williams said. “I would’ve expected to see policy ideas that match the magnitude of the change that […]
Bowser Offers Bigger Tax Breaks For Office-To-Housing Conversions In Downtown, But Critics Question Value
DCist • April 5, 2023
Erica Williams, the director of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, says property tax breaks are the wrong mechanism to help commercial property owners convert buildings to housing…
D.C.’s housing fund falls short of requirement to aid lowest-income renters
Washington Post • April 3, 2023
Eliana Golding, a housing analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute who has closely tracked the HPTF under the Bowser’s administration, said that to the fund’s credit, it’s positive that the money is still going toward affordable housing broadly — […]
Americans are returning to cities after remote-work exodus, data shows
Washington Post • March 31, 2023
It is too soon to know how much of the movement away from the District and other cities was permanent, said Erica Williams, executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.
Bowser’s proposed budget does little for homelessness, advocates say
The DC Line • March 31, 2023
“No one thinks we are done needing vouchers,” said Kate Coventry, deputy director of legislative strategy at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.
DC Fiscal Policy Institute explores how statehood can affect homeless crisis
Street Sense • March 29, 2023
“What happens now is, people are in prisons across the country, and some of them have access to programming and some don’t,” said Kate Coventry, the DCFPI’s deputy director of legislative strategy. “It’s just really uneven.”
Opinion | A tough D.C. budget season will require a team effort
Washington Post • March 24, 2023
Citizens concerned about what’s to come should get hold of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s useful road map “A Resident’s Guide to the D.C. Budget.”
After Years Positioning Herself as a Housing Leader, Bowser’s New Budget Beats a Retreat
Washington City Paper • March 23, 2023
“I imagine folks are going to be pretty concerned by that, especially affordable housing developers who have been waiting through several rounds of [loan awards] to get this money,” says Eliana Golding, a senior policy analyst focused on housing at the […]