Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Most DC Residents Support Modest Sales Tax Increase To Fund Important Services, Poll Shows
By Soumya Bhat • May 21, 2015 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Guest Blog: Cutting TANF Would Harm DC’s Kids
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 20, 2015 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Council Added Funds to Important Services for DC Residents During Budget Mark-ups
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 19, 2015 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Medicaid Can Help Build a More Robust Permanent Supportive Housing Program In DC
By Wes Rivers • May 15, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Homelessness
Blog
Small Investment Can Help Homeless Teen Parents Stay in School
By Kate Coventry • May 13, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Blog
Council Should Keep Modest Sales Tax Increase For Investments that Help DC Residents
By Ed Lazere • May 12, 2015 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimomy of Ed Lazere at the Budget Oversight Hearing for The Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Act Before the DC Council Committee of the Whole, May 8, 2015
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 8, 2015 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support / Taxes
Op-Ed
Going, Going, Gone: How DC’s Vanishing Affordable Housing Is Affecting Us All
By Wes Rivers • May 8, 2015
Blog
Despite Significant Investments in Homeless Services, More Funding Needed for Affordable Housing
By Kate Coventry • May 7, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Education Committee Wants Your Feedback on Priorities for Modernizing School Buildings
By Soumya Bhat • May 5, 2015 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
All Publications & Resources
Blog
Nearly Half of All Renters and More Than Half of Black Renters in DC Struggle to Afford Rent
By Connor Zielinski • April 14, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
In The News
Trump signs order on Washington DC as Republicans exert control over city
The Guardian • April 8, 2025
In The News
No timeline yet for when House will consider bill to revert $1.1B cut to DC budget
ABC News 7 • April 8, 2025
In The News
D.C. tenant group calls on their landlords to stop charging hidden fees
Street Sense Media • April 8, 2025
In The News
Fiscal policy nonprofits criticize federal bill that would slash DC's budget by $1B
ABC News 7 • April 8, 2025
Blog
Cuts to Federal Food Assistance Will Hurt Residents Just As DC Enters Recession
By Erica Williams • April 2, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
Fact Sheets
Immigrants are a Vital Part of DC's Future
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 2, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes Shira Markoff as New Director of Economic Policy
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 24, 2025
