👩‍💻 D.C. area businesses are struggling to hire qualified candidates. ❓ How can local policymaking help reverse this trend? ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/RC1R50ZnVOj

❌ D.C. is losing a talented, highly-educated workforce. 📉 In this new report from the D.C. Policy Center, researchers find that D.C. has lost nearly 80k jobs in the last five years. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/KAmZ50ZntB8

📉 D.C. lost 79,800 jobs in five years. ❗Young adults are at risk of low lifetime earnings, poor opportunities, and greater hurdles to building a sustainable life in the District. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/L2FX50ZmwhL

📉 D.C. needs more housing, but restrictions and regulations limit production. 🏘️ Only 21% of D.C. rental units are truly market rate. The rest are rent-controlled, subsidized, or subject to IZ. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/P6VB50Zm1uH

🏘️ Rent control is not the solution to D.C.'s affordability problem. 📊 This 2025 literature review highlighted rent control's effects on housing availability and quality and inequitable access to rent controlled units. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/V7AA50ZlCnw

❗Inclusionary Zoning contributes to unaffordable housing in D.C. 🏘️ Emilia Calma, Director of the Wilkes Initiative for Housing Policy, highlights reforms and alternatives to IZ in her testimony before @councilofdc.bsky.social. ➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...

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👏 Thanks to those who joined "The District, the Capital Region, and the Federal Shock." 🌟 We are grateful to our panelists, Fitzroy Lee (@ocfo-dc.bsky.social), Stephanie Kostro (PSC), and Nathan Edwards (@cushman-wakefield.bsky.social), and our moderator, Federica Cocco (@washingtonpost.com).

👏 Congratulations to D.C. Policy Center's Emilia Calma on the publication of "A housing market on the precipice" 🏘️ Published by @brookings.edu and coauthored by Nicholas Finio and @lohplaces.bsky.social, the report marks trends in the region's housing market. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/CJfT50Z8cxQ

✨ Join us for "The District, the Capital Region, and the Federal Shock." 🗓️ Thursday, June 11th ⏰ 3:00 PM 📍George Washington University ➡️ Register to attend: ow.ly/Bibf50Z7eRE

🏘️ "Breaking the scarcity-subsidy cycle" examines D.C.'s housing systems and challenges. 🌟 The report provides a new vision for housing in D.C.–one where housing is easier to build and less expensive to operate in all areas of the city. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/5Zcc50Z6KNx

📚 D.C. needs to invest in adult learners. 🎓 In this budget brief, Deputy Director @cfcoffin.bsky.social emphasizes the importances of adult education and encourages @councilofdc.bsky.social to restore funding to Adult and Family Education grants. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/sQB850Z4Lbo

🏘️ In this budget brief on Inclusionary Zoning, The Wilkes Initiative Director Emilia Calma recommends @councilofdc.bsky.social consider reforms and alternatives to the program to support housing growth and affordability. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/ZBhB50Z4nri

📉 D.C. has a structural budget problem. 📊 This brief on the proposed FY2027 budget explores D.C.'s habit of raising taxes for specific programs, then using that money to cover unrelated expenses down the road when budgets get tight. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/N49p50Z2RNV

🌟 Today we published a series of policy briefs on D.C.'s proposed FY2027 budget. 📚 D.C. Policy Center experts discuss adult education, Inclusionary Zoning reforms, workforce development, BEPS implications, and childcare subsidies. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/FoMZ50Z2meo

🌟 Last week, D.C. Policy Center's Emilia Calma submitted testimony to @councilofdc.bsky.social for the DC DHCD budget oversight hearing. 🏘️ Her testimony focused on Inclusionary Zoning program reforms to increase utilization, lower costs, and improve outcomes. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/WQA650Z1Ieq

❗D.C.'s housing system produces too little housing, in too few places, at costs that rise faster than incomes and public revenues. 🏘️ "Breaking the scarcity-subsidy cycle" offers recommendations for a vibrant housing ecosystem for D.C. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/AZrO50Z0ayu

👏 This week, Executive Director Yesim Sayin submitted testimony to @councilofdc.bsky.social Committee of the Whole hearing on the FY2027 Budget Support Act. 📊 Her testimony highlighted the need to align public funding with public commitments. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/SFM150YZAjO

🌟 "Breaking the scarcity-subsidy cycle: A new housing vision" explores challenges to growth and ideas for a strong housing system in D.C. 👏 Thank you to @arnoldventures.bsky.social and Huron Philanthropies, whose support made this report possible. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/SNmR50YYn89

👏 Today, EPI Fellow Anoosha Imran testified before @councilofdc.bsky.social at the Budget Oversight hearing for OSSE. 📉Her testimony highlighted recent population and birth trends and encouraged supply-side reforms alongside childcare investments. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/7KBy50YWeUK

🏘️ Yesterday, @councilofdc.bsky.social passed the "One Front Door Act." 👏 In January, Executive Director Yesim Sayin testified in support of the bill, noting that it would allow for the construction of more housing in the District. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/ZW1U50YVBIu

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👏 On Friday, @daniel-burge.bsky.social testified before the @councilofdc.bsky.social at the DMPED budget hearing. 📊 His testimony shared results from recent Business Sentiments Surveys, including stagnant hiring trends. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/PQ2e50YRMCz ➡️ Complete the survey: ow.ly/267850YRMCu

❗The 2026 Quarter 2 Business Sentiments Survey closes tomorrow (4/29) at 11:59 PM. 📊 All businesses in the D.C. region are welcome to participate. Share your thoughts on current hiring trends and economic expectations. ➡️ Complete the survey today: dcpc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

❓What skills are most important for D.C.-area workers? What recruiting challenges do local employers face? 🌟 We are looking for representatives from businesses in D.C. and the metro region to help answer these questions. ➡️ Complete the survey today: dcpc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📉 School enrollment is trending downward in D.C., with pre-kindergarten enrollment down 3% this school year. 📚Even small changes in the student population can have big impacts on D.C.'s education budget. ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/rJ7750YL9Kk

🗓️ D.C.-area business leaders expressed a difficult start to 2026. 📊 Quarter 1 Business Sentiments Survey results reveal dimmed economic expectations and lower revenues. Concerns about public safety seem to have moderated. ➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...

📉 Population growth has stalled, employment is decreasing, and tax revenues have flattened. 🏘️ Ahead of the 2027 budget, D.C. Policy Center's Yesim Sayin reflects on why fiscal discipline isn't enough. D.C. needs to focus on growth. ➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...

🏙️ A thriving city balances fiscal responsibility with economic realities, produces jobs, housing, and economic opportunity, and prioritizes strong government services. ➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...

📉 D.C. population trends are shifting–growth site below one percent and births are declining. 📊 This has significant implications for local budgets, school enrollment, and economic conditions. ➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...