On December 17, 2024, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited by The Wash: D.C. has a notable amount of concentrated food deserts, 11%, according to research published by the D.C. Policy Center. Wards 7 and 8 are particularly vulnerable to food disparity with the largest percentage of food deserts, 51% and 31% respectively. Read More: Food…

On December 10, 2024, Director of Research and Policy Emilia Calma’s testimony was featured by WUSA9: “Currently, landlords have little recourse to stop illegal tenant behavior. The only power landlords have to deter criminal activity is the threat of eviction. However, while evictions used to take three to six months, now they…

On December 10, 2024, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited by NBC4 Washington: In D.C., children were twice as likely to be victims or witnesses of violence compared to the national average, a study by the DC Policy Center found. Read More: ‘I tell her it’s fireworks’: How DC shootings affected 564…