Community Development
Community Development is a key priority for local and state government agencies, focusing on improving the quality of life in communities through economic growth, housing, and social services. By fostering strong, vibrant communities, governments can address poverty, unemployment, and access to resources. This directory provides articles on community development and related topics like Economic Development, which explores strategies for job creation and attracting investments that drive regional growth.
Berkeley’s idea is the latest creative solution proposed to ease California’s housing crisis, which would give renters “the first refusal and right to purchase” when their apartment buildings or rented homes are put on the market.
A bill working its way through the Alabama Legislature seeks to limit city governments’ use of occupational taxes to address revenue shortfalls
The new initiative is inspired by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approach to finding homes for people suddenly displaced by hurricanes.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and USA Funds will award grants totaling $150,000 to recognize excellence in mayor-led programs that provide a more purposeful path for America’s students to and through college and on to rewarding careers and successful lives
Administered by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the program will provide $3 million over 3 years to projects that support long-term economic development, create jobs, and improve quality of life.
America’s mayors are on the front lines of promoting prosperous and safe communities, with aging urban infrastructure, policing, municipal finance, and their relationships with constituents, other cities and higher levels of government as top concerns
Criminal justice reform has become a hot topic around the nation amid a conversation about easing three-strikes sentencing laws, scaling back mandatory sentencing laws and focusing on rehabilitation. That’s not the case in New Mexico, where lawmakers assembled for a new legislative session
Mayor Mike Duggan announced the second round of projects that will receive a combined $500,000 in grant funding through Motor City Match to help them start or expand in Detroit
The National Disaster Resilience Competition was designed to promote risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, and resilience planning in communities where the risks of disaster are projected to increase substantially due to climate change
An Ohio initiative seeks to boost access to mental health consultants in an effort to curb the number of children expelled or suspended from kindergarten, preschool and other early childhood education settings
Research has found that low-income communities and communities of color have less access to healthy food and less equitable local food systems, forcing residents to rely on convenience stores and fast food restaurants rather than grocery stores and farmer’s markets
The Home Buyer Assistance Program will help make homeownership possible for working families and individuals by providing support for down payment and closing costs
A bottled water company owned in part by Sean “Diddy” Combs and Mark Wahlberg is pledging to donate 1 million bottles of water to the residents of Flint, Michigan
The statistics show a 1.7 percent jump in the overall number of violent crimes reported by local law enforcement, with increases in murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. The FBI said violent crime rose most dramatically, at 5.3 percent, in cities with populations between 250,000 and 499,999
Boston may have one of the most vibrant nonprofit arts scenes in the country, but the city lags woefully behind other cities when it comes to institutional funding for the arts, according to a report being released
A water crisis that has flooded homes with fear and poisonous toxins has taken a tandem swipe at the city’s psyche, returning it to the negative headlines it was working hard to escape, drawing a new spotlight to poverty and other wounds it never was able to fix, and bringing a renewed sense of insecurity about what the future holds for a place that’s been through so much
New Dietary Guidelines for Americans have been released by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). These guidelines, which run through 2020, fall short of their potential, according the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
The goal is to vaccinate more people in Kansas City. The grant helps the clinic do this by offsetting vaccine costs for low-income families or families without insurance
Flint residents coping with lead contamination will be cleared to drink unfiltered water again only when outside experts determine it is safe, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said, acknowledging their mistrust of government officials while saying a full replacement of the city’s pipes is not imminent.
