Mayor’s Economic Playbook Full of Disproven Ideas that Could Worsen Inequality

Housing used to fight inequality, not worsen it

Jules Birch reflects on the history of housing policy’s impact on economic equity

Mayor’s Economic Playbook Full of Disproven Ideas that Could Worsen Inequality

Mayor Bowser’s new economic agenda funnels more than $1 billion to the corporate class and doubles down on ineffective strategies while stripping away legal protections for tenants and wages for workers. Her geographically targeted investments exclude Black communities East of the Anacostia River (EOTR), where deeper opportunities are most needed. At a time of deep economic uncertainty, her agenda fails to embrace policies that grow DC’s economy…