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Empowering Small Communities: City Health Dashboard’s Mission to Democratize Health Data

Housing for Black-Led Households

5 Workforce Trends to Watch in 2024

Learn from Bend’s Winning Strategy for Infrastructure Grants

By:
  1. Kyle Funk

What is Permanent Supportive Housing?

The State and Local Collaborative to Support an Inclusive Workforce for the Electric Vehicle Charging Sector

How to Sustain Wastewater Monitoring Capacity

How Does Homelessness Impact Child Health and Developmental Outcomes?

By:
  1. Lara Burt

Cities, Don’t Give Up on the Fight to End Homelessness

The Earned Income Tax Credit: An Underutilized Tool to Fight Poverty

By:
  1. David Park

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How City Leaders Are Using Public Finance for Racial Equity

By:
  1. Samantha Pedrosa

Mayor Nathaniel George Booker Talks Housing Stability through Property Tax Reform

By:
  1. Chanell Hasty

Nature Everywhere: 19 New Sites Join Initiative to Ensure Nature’s Benefits for All Children

By:
  1. Andrew Moore
  2. Melanie Robinson
  3. Vera Feeny

On Your Mind: Councilman Awet Eyasu of Clarkston, GA

By:
  1. Emily Rupchock

The Four A’s of Racial Healing Framework

What’s Next for the Affordable Connectivity Program?

By:
  1. Angelina Panettieri

How Local Leaders Can Tackle Housing Insurance Affordability Amid Climate Change

By:
  1. Ayesha Mehrotra
  2. Monica Gregory
  3. Brigid Deegan

Congress Votes to Keep Federal Government Open; Sets New March Deadline for FY2024 Spending Bills

By:
  1. Michael Wallace

City Strategies for Young Adult Reentry and Housing

By:
  1. Tony McCright, Jr.

Making Cities a Part of the Presidential Election Story

By:
  1. David Sander, Ph.D.
  2. Sharon Weston Broome

New Local Elected Officials Resource For Specialized Policing Oversight

By:
  1. Yucel Ors

Developing Affordable Housing Through Collaborative City-University Partnerships

By:
  1. Stephanie Onuaja

From the Event: How to Sustain Wastewater Monitoring Capacity

Housing for Post-Secondary Students

Why Local Governments Should Make Housing Part of Their Economic Development Plans

By:
  1. Jenn Steinfeld

How Municipalities Can Foster Sustainable, Affordable Housing

By:
  1. Kelly Aves

Linking Housing and Transportation for Successful Communities

By:
  1. James Brooks
  2. Kyle Funk
  3. Ayesha Mehrotra

Reflections on City Safety in 2023: Lessons Learned through Collaboration

By:
  1. Kirby Gaherty

What is Market-Rate Housing?

Bringing Local Views to a Federal Advisory Committee

By:
  1. Brittney D. Kohler

City Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Summary Brief

How Cities Can Approach and Fund Critical Infrastructure Resiliency

By:
  1. Monica Gregory
  2. Ayesha Mehrotra

What is Affordable Housing?

Cities As Laboratories of Democracy: Partnership, Service & Innovation

By:
  1. David Sander, Ph.D.

How One Rural Town is Using Community Organizing for Fresh Food Access in Mississippi

By:
  1. Georgia Gempler

Addressing Homelessness Among Older Adults

Building Resilient Infrastructure for Healthier, Safer Cities

Inclusive Mental Health Policies: A Workforce Imperative

What is Homelessness Prevention?

How Real-Time Data Reshaped Houston’s Solid Waste Department 

8 Things Local Leaders Need to Know about EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

By:
  1. Carolyn Berndt

Narrowing the Racial Wealth Divide: Inclusive Workforce Development Programs

By:
  1. Diana Goldsmith

The Impact of Infrastructure and Workforce Challenges on Local Housing Supply

By:
  1. Stephanie Onuaja

2023 Trends from NLC’s Center for Research and Data Analysis

By:
  1. Joshua Franzel, PhD

2023 Media Highlights

By:
  1. Rebeca Schiller

List of Top Issues & Resources Prioritized by Local Governments In 2023

By:
  1. Rebeca Schiller

How the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program Supports Residents in Buffalo and Little Rock

How Innovation Creates Dynamic, Resilient Cities

By:
  1. Christopher Jordan

Reflecting on 99 Years of NLC: Strengthening America’s Cities, Towns & Villages

By:
  1. Clarence E. Anthony