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State of the Cities 2025
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City Fiscal Conditions 2024
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Local Authority and Emerging Technology: A State-by-State Analysis
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Development Without Displacement: Centering Communities Through Housing Preservation

- Tomeka Lee

From Congress to Community: City of Phoenix’s Homelessness Support Initiative

- Dante Moreno

Unlocking Efficiency: Best Practices for Development Review Success

How Data Can Guide Healthy Housing Decision Making

- Brandon Boccher

Creative Cites: A Conversation with Loveland, CO Mayor Jacki Marsh

- Georgia Gempler

Creative Cites: A Conversation with Providence, RI Mayor Brett Smiley

- Georgia Gempler

State of the Cities 2025

Dallas City Leaders Approve Landmark Ordinance to Support Missing Middle Housing

- CitiesSpeak Guest

The State of Eviction Prevention Policies & Programs in the U.S.

- Hannah Olsen

America’s Housing Comeback: Why The Moment for Housing Is Now

- President Steve Patterson