They are teachers, scientists and stay-at-home parents. They own small businesses and wait tables. They are the ever-moving ...

Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), a housing bill that would give nonprofits and affordable housing organizations a 25-day head start to consider purchasing a dilapidated building before it ...

Many of these on-the-ground organizations have been working with immigrant communities for years. They know their needs.

Community-owned commercial real estate models are starting to make bigger splashes, thanks in part to building relationships ...

A six-county climate action plan in central Kentucky shows how shared risks — from flooding to emissions — are reshaping ...

Research has found that fixing up abandoned homes can make a city safer. The H.O.M.E Plan calls for building and rehabbing 30 ...

In a new book based on hours of body-cam footage, a legal scholar shows how local police in sanctuary jurisdictions still ...

The working-class, diverse neighborhood of Lykins is growing its toolkit to create affordable housing and stave off gentrification.

A look at how artists are shaping government by bringing creativity into governance in transformative ways—featuring examples ...

Sponsored: A Kaua’i community restoring their natural assets is a model for building a sustainable future rooted in ...

The “Stockholm tree pit” method was created to help trees thrive in paved-over urban spaces. Now, it’s taking root across ...

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