Nearly 800,000 people work in the District of Columbia, yet only about 30 percent of the District’s workers live in the city-proper. Workers in low-wage jobs are more likely to live in the city than those in middle- and high-wage jobs....
After many years of decline, the total number of children in the District started to increase beginning 2011.
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A small number of “spoiler “units with high turnover may be the reason.
The District, along with a few other housing major markets in the nation, has rent control laws that were enacted to protect tenants against unreasonable...
In hypothetical comparisons, tax burdens on the District’s families are lower than those in surrounding jurisdictions in the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area. This is according to a recent study we released,...