What Ethics in Local Leadership Looks Like

How to Fight Discrimination Against Housing Voucher Holders

The 3 W’s of a Citywide Afterschool System: Why, Who, and Where

In Indianapolis, Reviving a Sleepy Neighborhood

5 Low-Budget Strategies to Help Small Communities Boost their Economies

Cities Addressing the Loss of Low-Rent Affordable Housing

Local Leaders From 13 Cities Take On Early Childhood Workforce

Bipartisan Local Elected Officials and Experts Reveal Solutions to National Housing Crisis in New NLC Report

Racial Bias in Facial Recognition Technology: What City Leaders Should Know

New NLC Initiative and HUD Grants for Healthy Housing

Bozeman Affordability, Accessory Dwelling Units, and Small Unit Development

The District of Columbia’s Housing Preservation Strategy Benefits Low and Moderate Income Households

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  1. James Brooks

Minneapolis Upzones for Greater Density in Residential and Transit Areas

By:
  1. James Brooks

Preserving Affordable Housing in Charlotte

Seattle’s Mandatory Housing Affordability Policy

Peoria’s Vacant Land Strategy Facilitates Equitable Residential Development in Southside Neighborhoods

Oakland Achieves Success with Strategy to Address Housing Affordability and Displacement

Milwaukee TIF Guidelines Prioritize Affordable Housing in At-Risk Neighborhoods

Charlotte Uses Data to Ensure Timely and Equitable Allocation of Affordable Housing Resources

Atlanta’s Billion Dollar Commitment to Affordable Housing

Implicit Bias, Liability and Cities

Why Cities Should Support Paid Parental Leave

Nine Signs Your City Is Committed to Authentic Youth Civic Engagement

How Vancouver, WA Built a City for All Generations

Why Housing Trust Funds Became Unifiers

What Mayors Can Do to Grow Young Businesses in Their Communities

How a Strong Digital Foundation Supported This Community’s Connections

Combatting A Nationwide Shortage of Affordable, Healthy Housing

Three Lessons From America’s Legacy Cities

Three Things You Can Do to Help Your Residents Save for College

In My Town, Civic Engagement Intersects Love and Innovation

What Housing Means to Washington, D.C.

Five Things You Wish Your Community’s Early Childhood Programs Knew

Here’s a Quality Childcare Alternative Your Municipality Should Support

Does Your City Have Access to Inclusionary Housing?

How This Local Leader Makes Supporting Moms Policy

Census 2020: How to Count Hard-to-Count Communities

Building an Early Learning Nation—One Neighborhood Block at a Time

Growing Entrepreneurs, 1 Million Cups at a Time

Why Legacy Cities Matter for America’s Future

In This Community, Nature Activates a Healing Power in Its Young People

Building Networks to Support Veterans: A Path to Progress for All and a Matter of National Security

City Innovation Ecosystems 2018

How to Reconnect Your Youth to the Natural World

Local Leaders Will be Our Climate Change Heroes

How Local Leaders Can Strengthen Summer Learning

Is Rent Control Available to Your City?

America’s Fastest Growing Cities Are Becoming More Diverse, But Face Rising Inequity

Youth Leaders Reflect on the 2019 Congressional City Conference

Reversing the Residual Effects of Redlining