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Through our work, we highlight inequities in career outcomes, education, and training, as well as how these inequities relate to economic, housing, and education policies. We seek to bring new data and information to help improve employment outcomes for D.C.’s residents, especially those who have been previously and historically excluded from opportunity.
This report examines housing affordability for essential workers—those who provide critical services for the city and its residents—in the District of Columbia. It is the latest publication in a series of papers focused on workforce housing in the District of Columbia.
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Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to The Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation for their support of this report and to Education Forward DC for their ongoing support of …
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