Washington, D.C. – Today, the National League of Cities (NLC) and Stanford Legal Design Lab (LDL) announced thirty cities selected to participate in the Eviction Prevention Learning Lab, a nationwide peer-to-peer network for cities and…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2025/10/01/the-connection-between-regulation-and-rent-prices/
Authored by Leah Cuffy, Director, Advocacy Research, at the National Apartment Association America’s housing affordability crisis is a growing challenge, impacting millions of renters across cities nationwide. To better understand…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2017/02/09/meet-your-city-energy-and-environment-advocate/
“[An overhaul of the EPA] is not something that can nor will happen overnight, but I think we know that it is something the new administration is interested in.” Every…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2018/02/01/what-data-tells-us-about-amazons-hq2-decision/
This is a guest post from Richard Leadbeater, State Government Industry Manager at Esri. Last Thursday, I lost five dollars. I had bet that Detroit would be the winner in…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2018/09/14/why-workforce-development-matters-for-mayors/
For the past five years, NLC’s Center for City Solutions has analyzed mayors’ state of the cities speeches, which highlight the priorities mayors are focusing on. The 2018 State of…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2019/05/17/top-ten-moments-from-infrastructure-week-2019/
The conversation around infrastructure in America has never been more urgent or relevant than it is today. As our nation approaches the finish line of the 7th annual Infrastructure Week,…
Cities, towns and villages across the country are struggling with housing shortages and homelessness – and so are colleges. Homelessness has been on the rise since 2017, experiencing an overall…
https://www.nlc.org/post/2024/05/22/175-cities-declare-may-national-cities-towns-and-villages-month/
Washington D.C. – In celebration of the contributions from local governments across the nation and the National League of Cities’ historic 100th anniversary, hundreds of municipalities throughout the U.S. have…
This is a guest post by Karen Perry, senior policy analyst with the National Telecommunication and Information Administration’s BroadbandUSA program Across America, broadband and digital technologies power businesses — making…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2021/06/15/how-american-cities-celebrate-juneteenth/
Every year, cities, towns and villages across the country celebrate June 19 as Freedom Day and in some cases as a second Independence Day for Black communities across America. That’s…