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.
The grant will create the North Texas Handle With Care Network to identify and support at-risk children and families
Federal judge took just five minutes to tell HUD and DOGE to reinstate grant funds to four fair housing projects
National fire and EMS groups wrote a letter to HHS Secretary RFK Jr. stating that cuts to firefighter safety programs could have long-term consequences for first responder health
Between half and three-quarters of the developable land in much of the state is zoned for single-family housing, making denser growth off-limits there — aside from garage conversions or backyard units.
The new rule would redefine fair housing standards to place more emphasis on improving housing choice rather than reducing discrimination
Gabby Alcantara-Anderson is one of about 25,600 unionized Disney workers making less than $15 an hour. And life in the world’s vacation kingdom is a calculus of choices: rent, food, medicine, a birthday gift for her child.
Surfside is pioneering what appears to be a first of its kind solution for residents in the decades to come: a fund for potential buyouts. The new Resilience Fund houses money from developers with an equal match from the town.
While Lucas led the City Council to pass historic ordinances to limit access to firearms for minors and domestic abusers, 2019 also brought near-record homicides -- 151 -- and more than 480 nonfatal shootings.
An Emergency Medical Services official said the county could not rule out carbon monoxide in the recent deaths of two infants at the complex until autopsies are done.
Headlines have predicted a housing revolution as attitudes about suburban life have evolved, but that doesn’t mean the transition away from single-family zoning won’t be slow and difficult
What hurts the most, said Kellee Fernandez, sister to one of the victims, is knowing how much her brother had to offer to others
While implementing a smart city program is often easier said than done, overcoming these challenges will have your city on its way to hyperconnectivity in no time
To be truly effective, not to mention cost-effective, a prevention program would have to be able to identify that one person who will become homeless with reasonable accuracy. Researchers at UCLA’s California Policy Lab and the University of Chicago Poverty Lab are working to make this possible.
To survive the next inevitable flood, Winslow, Nebraska, residents must raise their homes, leave or restart the town at a site a few miles away and 100 feet higher with government financial help. Town leaders are pushing for the latter.
The former San Antonio mayor’s campaign has emphasized reaching out to marginalized and overlooked communities, such as homeless people and people of color.
For Houston families who have endured floods, it’s hard to sustain traditions around furniture that isn’t there anymore or build traditions when there’s no guarantee your home will stay the way it is.
Cities are encouraging residents to walk and bike, but their roads are still dominated by fast-moving vehicular traffic
The city’s police chief calls the cameras in street lights ‘a game changer.’ Critics aren’t so sure, especially given that the program was introduced as a way to save energy and money instead of a way to collect data in public spaces.
“We know we’ve been through a lot in 2019. People are just beginning to unpack it; I’m just unpacking it,” said Mayor Nan Whaley. "[But] to see Dayton be kind and proud of itself through such terrible, painful, hateful acts has been really beautiful at the same time.”
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