Featured Publications & Resources
Report
An Open Letter to Mayor Anthony Williams and the DC City Council from 90 Economists on the Likely Impact of a Taxpayer-Financed Baseball Stadium in the District of Columbia
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 21, 2004 • Inclusive Economy
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute At the Public Hearing on Labor Relations and Retail Business District of Columbia Committee on Public Interest
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 7, 2004 • Income & Poverty
Report
The District Should Use Its Upcoming TANF Bonus to Increase Cash Assistance and Remove Barriers to Work
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 29, 2004 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Report
Should Baseball Be First In Line? Paying $440 Million For A Baseball Stadium Would Limit The District’s Ability To Fund Other Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 23, 2004 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
DC Council Caps Property Tax Increases At 12 Percent, Raises Homestead Deduction
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 29, 2004 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Income Inequality in the District of Columbia Is Wider Than in Any Major U.S. City
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 22, 2004 • Income & Poverty
Report
Proposed $40 Million Subsidy to the Corcoran Gallery of Art Is an Inappropriate Use of DC’s Tax Increment Financing Program
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 7, 2004 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
DCFPI Testimony on Tax Increment Revenue Bonds Corcoran Gallery of Art Project Approval Resolution of 2004
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 28, 2004 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Budget Reductions Adopted By the DC Council Would Fall Heavily On Services For Low-Income Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 13, 2004 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
DCFPI Testimony on Sales Tax Holiday Amendment Act of 2003
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 5, 2004 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
All Publications & Resources
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes New Senior Policy Associate for Housing, Mychal Cohen!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 20, 2024
Testimony
ERAP Reduces the Extremely Harmful Impact of DC Evictions
By Kate Coventry • November 18, 2024 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Press Release
DCFPI Executive Director Erica Williams' Statement on the 2024 Election Results
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 7, 2024
Blog
Jail and Prison Communication Will Become More Affordable for DC Residents Following Federal Rule Changes
By Michael Johnson Jr. • October 23, 2024 • Inclusive Economy
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes Connor Zielinski as Our Data Associate!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 18, 2024
In The News
Two Years In, D.C.’s Tax Revision Commission Is Still Spinning Its Wheels. Will It Ever Have Answers?
Washington City Paper • October 16, 2024
Fact Sheets
The Lasting Harm of DC's Criminal Legal Fines & Fees Demand More Reporting and Transparency
By Michael Johnson Jr. • October 10, 2024 • Inclusive Economy
In The News
DC Council to hear emergency legislation that would boost pay for childcare workers
WJLA • October 10, 2024
Press Release
DC Tax Revision Commission Chair Again Delays Final Vote on Recommendations
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 9, 2024
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes Diana Chavez as our Early Childhood Education Intern!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 20, 2024