This chart of the week examines the health of the District’s resident labor market. Between January 2025 and April 2026, the number of unemployed residents grew by 5.5 percent, while the number of employed residents and those in the labor force declined by 3.2 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively.[1] Over the same…

On June 11, 2026, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in CoStar News: “In order for the city to grow, it requires all types of housing, not just multifamily,” Yesim Sayin, D.C. Policy Center executive director, told CoStar News. “You need start-up units, maybe small townhouses and single-family, low-rise multifamily. Those things…

On June 12, 2026, the D.C. Policy Center was mentioned in The DC Line: If they don’t want to take on the task, there are half a dozen local universities and several nonprofit groups, including the highly regarded D.C. Policy Center, that could offer assistance. There’s also the city’s inspector general as…