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Job Announcement: Public Policy Analyst/Research Associate
August 24th, 2011
Job Announcement: Education Finance and Policy Analyst
July 17th, 2011
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, on the FY 2011 Second Revised Budget Request Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2011, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
July 7th, 2011
What’s in the Final FY 2012 Budget?
July 5th, 2011
What Can Brown Do For You? The Hart Poll Results
May 11th, 2011
DC Residents Support Taxes to Preserve Services: Poll on Mayor’s Budget Shows Support for Revenue Increases And Opposition to Service Cuts
May 8th, 2011
Testimony of Aleksandra Gajdeczka, Policy Analyst, At the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2012 Agency Budget Hearing for the Department of Human Services District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
May 6th, 2011
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, at the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Oversight Hearing for the DC Housing Authority, District of Columbia Committee on Housing and Workforce Development
May 3rd, 2011
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, at the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Oversight Hearing for the Department of Housing and Community Development District of Columbia Committee on Housing and Workforce Development
May 3rd, 2011
What’s in the Mayor’s FY 2012 Budget Request?
April 18th, 2011
Mayor’s Proposed FY 2012 Budget Takes a Balanced Approach on Revenue, but Not on Budget Cuts: Budget Cuts Disproportionately Fall on Programs that Help Keep Families Stable and Healthy
April 1st, 2011
Reforming First Source: Strengthening the Link Between Economic Development and Jobs
March 24th, 2011
Interim Disability Assistance at Risk: A DCFPI Video
March 22nd, 2011
Testimony of Jenny Reed at the FY 2010- FY 2011 Performance Overight Hearing for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s Office of Budget and Planning
March 18th, 2011
Final FY 2011 Gap-Closing Plan Relies Heavily on Cuts: All Areas of the Budget Are Affected, But Low-Income Residents Bear the Brunt
March 15th, 2011
Taxes on DC Families Remain Lowest in the Region
February 16th, 2011
Testimony of Ed Lazere for the Roundtable on “The State of Human Services in the District of Columbia”
February 9th, 2011
First Source: A Vital First Step to Linking Public Investment to More Jobs For DC Residents
January 13th, 2011
GIVING AWAY THE STATION:Tax Break for Union Station Would Cost City Tens of Millions in Revenue (Updated Analysis)
December 20th, 2010
DCFPI Analysis of the Adams Morgan Hotel Real Property Tax Abatement
December 16th, 2010
PROPOSED GAP-CLOSING PLAN RELIES HEAVILY ON CUTS All Areas of the Budget Would Be Affected, But Low-Income Residents Bear the Brunt
November 29th, 2010
Testimony of Ed Lazere at the Public Hearing on the District of Columbia Public Assistance Amendment Act of 2010
November 16th, 2010
Testimony of Aleksandra Gajdeczka at the Public Hearing on the TANF Educational Opportunities and Accountability Act of 2010
November 12th, 2010
Who is Low-Income in DC?
October 26th, 2010
Packing a Punch: The Recession Hit African-American and Non-College Educated DC Residents Particularly Hard
October 13th, 2010
New Census Data Reveal the Uneven Impact the Recession Has Had on the District
September 28th, 2010
GIVING AWAY THE STATION: Tax Break for Union Station Would Cost City Tens of Millions in Revenue
September 20th, 2010
Poverty Data Released from the Census Bureau Do Not Tell the Complete Story of Poverty in DC during the Recession
September 17th, 2010
What’s in the Final FY 2011 Budget?
June 30th, 2010
Increase in DC’s Unemployment Rate Falls Most Heavily on Those Least Able to Afford It
June 25th, 2010
What’s in the Final FY 2011 Budget? A First Look
June 15th, 2010
Using Future Revenues to Build a Pay-Go Account May Force the District to Cut the Budget for Current Services, and Will Likely Not Reduce Borrowing as Intended
June 11th, 2010
DC’S Fund Balance Remains Larger Than Most States: Current Proposals to Rebuild DC’s Reserves May Overly Restrict DC’s Ability to Respond to Ongoing Budget Needs
June 8th, 2010
Job Announcement: Public Policy Analyst/Research Associate
June 1st, 2010
The Recession is Creating Hardship for Many DC Residents
May 19th, 2010
Despite Declining, DC’s Fund Balance is Larger than in Most States: DC Should Start Planning for How to Replenish the Fund When Finances Recover
May 18th, 2010
New Income Tax Rates for High Earners: A Progressive Approach to Addressing DC’s Budget Shortfall
April 29th, 2010
Changes in the FY 2011 Budget: A New Budget Structure has the Potential to add Greater Transparency to the DC Budget
April 29th, 2010
What’s in the Mayor’s FY 2011 Budget? A First Look
April 5th, 2010
Poverty on the Rise in the District: The Impact of Unemployment in 2009 and 2010
March 24th, 2010
No Shelter from the Storm: DC’s Rainy Fund Is Inaccessible in the Midst of a Severe Fiscal Crisis
March 10th, 2010
Nowhere To Go: As DC Housing Costs Rise, Residents Are Left With Fewer Affordable Housing Options
February 5th, 2010
Oppose Downtown Business Tax Breaks — Please Sign On Today!
December 9th, 2009
A Proposed Tax Break to Recruit CoStar into the District: High Costs, Questionable Benefits, Bad Tax Policy
December 9th, 2009
The Middle Class Squeeze: DC’s Tax System Falls Most Heavily on Moderate-Income Families
December 1st, 2009
Video: Voices for Change – Perspectives on Strengthening Welfare to Work From DC TANF Recipients
November 23rd, 2009
Voices for Change: Perspectives on Strengthening Welfare to Work From DC TANF Recipients
November 11th, 2009
Opportunities for the District to Collect $46 Million in TANF Stimulus Funds
October 29th, 2009
Stop Rewarding the Wrong Behavior: DC Should Eliminate its Tax Break for Investing in Other States’ Bonds
October 26th, 2009
Tell It Like It Is: Combined Reporting Improves DC’s Tax System By Making Corporations Disclose Their Profits and Pay Their Fair Share
October 21st, 2009
Homeless Service Cuts Highlight the Need for Greater Transparency in DC’s Budget
October 21st, 2009
What’s in the Amended FY 2010 DC Budget? A Summary
October 2nd, 2009
Census Data Show No Major Changes in DC Poverty in 2008: Yet Figures Reveal Large Disparities in Poverty between Different Population Groups
October 2nd, 2009
New Census Data Reveal Growing Income Gaps in the District
September 22nd, 2009
Expanding the District’s Sales Tax Can Raise Revenue, While Increasing Tax Fairness
September 21st, 2009
Good News About Health Insurance Coverage in DC: Census Data Show DC’s Uninsured Rate Has Dropped and Is One of the Lowest in the U.S.
September 10th, 2009
Solving DC’s Budget Crisis
July 27th, 2009
The Mayor’s Proposal to Balance the Budget Makes Disproportionate Cuts to Programs for Low-Income Residents
July 23rd, 2009
Mayor Fenty’s TANF Proposal Will Increase Hardship Among Poor Families With Children And Will Not Help Families Move from Welfare to Work
July 23rd, 2009
It’s Time to Use DC’s Rainy Day Fund
July 13th, 2009
Principles to Guide Efforts to Address DC’s New Revenue Shortfall
July 7th, 2009
What’s in the Final FY 2010 DC Budget? A Summary
June 12th, 2009
Concerns with the Plan to Set Aside $27.5 Million of the DC Public School FY 2010 Budget
May 28th, 2009
Raising Revenue by Creating a New Tax Bracket for Top Earners: A Progressive Approach to Addressing DC’s Budget Shortfall
April 27th, 2009
Sign-On to Oppose Regressive Tax Increases in the FY 2010 Budget
April 15th, 2009
What the Economic Stimulus Package Can Do for the District
March 4th, 2009
How Bad Is DC’s Budget Shortfall? What Resources Are Available to Address it? Will it Get Worse?
March 4th, 2009
DC Took a Balanced Approach to Addressing Its Last Major Deficit: The Budget Shortfall in 2002 Was Addressed With Both Budget Savings and Revenue Increases
March 4th, 2009
DC Homeowners’ Property Taxes Remain Lowest in the Region
February 27th, 2009
50 Organizations and Individuals Sign-On to an Open Letter to Mayor Fenty, Council Chairman Gray, and CFO Ghandi Calling for Budget Transparency
February 26th, 2009
Ten Ways to Improve the Transparency of the DC Budget
February 26th, 2009
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, at the Public Hearing on Priorities for the use of Potential Funds for the District of Columbia from Recovery and Reinvestment Proposals Currently under Consideration in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
February 10th, 2009
DCFPI joins the Coalition for Community Investment; Coalition issues “Statement of Principles” to guide DC Budget decisions in difficult times
February 3rd, 2009
Budget Cuts Adopted by the DC Council Fall Disproportionately On Programs for Low-Income Residents
November 17th, 2008
Bridging the Gaps in DC: Strategies to Support Low-Income Working Families
November 14th, 2008
Managing the District’s Debt: How a Debt Cap Can Serve as an Important Fiscal Oversight Tool While Also Allowing the District to Achieve its Development Goals
October 24th, 2008
Affordable Housing in the District Depends on a Stable Housing Production Trust Fund
October 21st, 2008
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Oversight Roundtable on The Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2009 Gap-Closing Proposal, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
October 17th, 2008
How Should the District Address Its Revenue Shortfall? Some Guiding Principles
September 30th, 2008
Poverty In DC Remains As High As At The End Of The Last Recession, New Census Bureau Data Show
August 26th, 2008
Making the Southwest Waterfront Bond Financing Act the Best Deal for the District of Columbia: Four Changes Could Potentially Save DC Millions
June 25th, 2008
Economists’ Statement on the Likely Impact of a Professional Soccer Stadium in the District of Columbia
June 10th, 2008
Sports Economists Say Large Public Subsidies for a DC Soccer Stadium “Cannot be Justified” on Economic Development Grounds
June 10th, 2008
What’s in the Final FY 2009 DC Budget?
May 22nd, 2008
Hometown Prosperity: Increasing Opportunity for DC’s Low-Income Working Families
April 14th, 2008
Property Tax Relief for DC’s Low-Income Residents: Improvements Needed in DC’s “Schedule H” Credit
April 8th, 2008
DC’s Earned Income Tax Credit Supports Working Families Across the District
April 8th, 2008
Press Release: DC Homeowner Property Taxes Lowest in Region, New Analysis Finds
February 28th, 2008
Good Deal for DC Homeowners: Property Taxes Are Lowest in the Region
February 28th, 2008
DC’s High-Tech Tax Incentives Are Not Working: Proposal to Expand Tax Breaks for High-Technology Businesses Has Little Merit
February 22nd, 2008
Press Release: Bill Being Considered By the DC Council Hides Costs of Business Tax Cuts: Bill Was Structured To Make Potentially Huge Tax Cuts Appear To Have “No Fiscal Impact”
January 3rd, 2008
Hiding the Costs of Business Tax Cuts: Bill 17-20 Could Lead to Substantial Tax Cuts, But Was Designed to Appear to Have No Effect on DC Finances
January 3rd, 2008
Press Release: DC’s “Two Economies” Headed In Different Directions, Report Finds
October 24th, 2007
DC’s Two Economies: Many Residents Are Falling Behind
October 24th, 2007
Press Release: Poverty In DC Remains At Very High Level Despite Economic Growth
August 31st, 2007
Finance Committee Tax Cut Proposals Would Mainly Benefit High-Income Residents More Progressive Alternatives Are Not Being Considered
May 9th, 2007
Tax Savings from a Five Percent Property Tax Cap Go Mainly To High-Income Neighborhoods
May 9th, 2007
No Relief for Working Families: Tax Cut Proposals Do Little For Low- And Moderate-Income DC Families
May 9th, 2007
What’s In The Mayor’s FY 2008 Budget Request?
April 23rd, 2007
The District’s Housing Production Trust Fund Has Developed Thousands of Affordable Units Since FY 2001
April 20th, 2007
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