OpenGov

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The combination has led the federal government to release […] The post Housing Shortage? Almost 1 in 4 office spaces across the country sit empty. At the same time, communities are growing faster than ever. Here’s How to Get Federal Dollars to Transform Office Spaces into Homes in Your Community appeared first on OpenGov.

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Next City

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

It’s crunch time for many of Bristol’s post-war housing estates. Could the city’s radical co-design projects go beyond lip service to deliver regeneration at scale?

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Housing 214

State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In its annual Federal Advocacy Priorities report, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers highlighted the importance of collaboration on artificial intelligence policy and implementation among states, federal agencies, Congress and the White House.

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Next City

AUGUST 3, 2023

’s social housing system changed millions of low- and middle-income people’s lives – and how privatization has crippled its power. Social historian John Boughton explains how the U.K.’s

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Housing 205

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2025

The Housing Choice Voucher program is the nation’s largest rental assistance program, providing critical support to 2.3 Ensuring its continued effectiveness requires understanding not just where vouchers succeed, but also where improvements can help more families secure stable housing. million low-income households.

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Next City

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A group of Kaua‘i renters is joining a growing number of Americans looking at co-ops to help combat skyrocketing housing prices.

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Housing 177

Next City

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Poverty doesn’t cause social breakdown, nor is social breakdown confined to areas with high levels of poverty, Seth Kaplan writes in “Fragile Neighborhoods.

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Housing 329

State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The city of El Paso, Texas, has produced online resources to assist individuals and families facing a housing crisis. Under the banner of El Paso Helps, the city strives to place people struggling with homelessness in shelters.

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Housing 164

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 21, 2025

In addition to providing shelter and other services to the unhoused, many FBOs are turning to the redevelopment or adaptive reuse of their properties for permanent affordable housing, as both an extension of their mission and a way to leverage their assets to address financial constraints.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

As 2024 dawned the Sonoma County, Calif.-based based nonprofit Social Advocates for Youth made an urgent announcement: It would need to close Northern California’s only homeless shelter for youth if it couldn’t raise funds.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 9, 2024

Defining Market-Rate Housing Market-rate housing refers to non-subsidized properties that are rented or owned by those who pay market-rate rents or who paid market value to purchase the property. Unlike subsidized affordable housing, market-rate housing does not confer special government benefits.

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Next City

AUGUST 15, 2024

The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority built dozens of affordable units through modular construction. Is this a sign of things to come?

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Housing 141

GCN

MARCH 22, 2024

The new law lets municipalities know exactly how much affordable housing they have to build. It’s an approach that states are increasingly trying in an effort to pressure local governments to increase affordable options.

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

The White House has tapped Microsoft and Google to provide free cybersecurity services to approximately 2,000 “critical access” hospitals in an effort to protect healthcare in rural parts of the U.S.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By 2030, one-fifth of the American population will be aged 65 or over, which will only make worse a critical deficit in suitable housing that caters to their specific requirements. As individuals grow older, their housing needs change, including increased accommodations for those with disabilities.

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Housing 113

GCN

JUNE 20, 2024

As America’s population rapidly ages and housing costs soar, some states are playing matchmaker and matching young people in need of affordable housing with older adults with room to spare.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

MAY 28, 2024

By Mia Chapman Millions of people in the United States living with mental health challenges face barriers to finding and maintaining stable housing. Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, and mental health illnesses are some of the most common health conditions across the country.

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Housing 126

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Exploring how innovative solutions could help alleviate the housing crisis and improve economic mobility for all.

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Next City

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It’s also the story of Silicon Valley, whose crown jewel, San Jose, urbanized to house workers for now long-outsourced microchip factories. Op-ed: De-industrialization isn’t just a Detroit story.

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Housing 340

GCN

MARCH 12, 2024

Two recent studies look at the obstacles to building more apartments and other dense housing options near transit to address environmental, urban development and housing goals.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JULY 25, 2024

Co-authored by Mia Chapman, Intern, Housing & Community Development, NLC and Lauren Lowery, Director of Housing & Community Development, NLC The architectural principle of universal design prioritizes usability by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialization.

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GCN

JANUARY 8, 2024

After years of adjusting land-use regulations, Minneapolis boosted its housing stock by 12%, while rents grew at just 1%. Meanwhile, the rest of Minnesota increased its stock by 4% as rents rose 14%.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But 9 times out of 10, what we’re really talking about is Software as a Service, especially among state and local government agencies that don’t necessarily have the in-house staff to develop, manage and secure their own apps in the cloud. The phrase “cloud-native apps” gets thrown around a lot.

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Next City

MAY 4, 2023

Based on a successful model in Chicago, Philadelphia’s new initiative will provide housing and other need-based services to individuals at risk for gun violence to reduce shootings and incarceration rates.

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Housing 316

Next City

AUGUST 20, 2024

The NYCHA Swim Corps program brings swimming lessons to youth in New York's public housing developments. It’s harder than it sounds.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

JANUARY 16, 2025

reached a record high in 2024, according to a new annual point-in-time count released in December by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Homelessness in the U.S. More than 770,000 people experienced homelessness on a single night.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 7, 2024

As New York City faces its worst housing crisis in over 50 years, policymakers are looking to connect affordable housing developers with a range of institutional stakeholders from hospitals to faith-based organizations to find ways to increase the supply of homes. With an extremely low 1.4

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Top New York City officials urged state leaders in Albany to provide the necessary funding and legislative support to build additional housing as the city contends with its worst housing crunch in over 50 years. "We percent—the lowest mark since 1986, according to the latest NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey released last Thursday.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In prisons, restrictive housing—including solitary confinement—is meant to temporarily separate those who engage in violent or disruptive behavior from the general population. While this is meant to be a safety measure, there are concerns that.

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GCN

JANUARY 4, 2024

When potential teachers are considering a position, they often want to know what’s available for affordable housing. “If If I don’t have an answer for that, I lose that applicant,” one school district superintendent says.

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Housing 123

GCN

DECEMBER 1, 2023

population, communities need to prepare for the growing number of older adults who need both affordable housing and care, experts say. With adults over 65 already 17% of the U.S.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Housing Supply Accelerator Convening The Housing Supply Accelerator, a partnership between the National League of Cities (NLC) and the American Planning Association (APA), is dedicated to locally driven housing supply solutions.

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Housing Regulations Development 115

NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Sarah Schaefer, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Article by Pam Blumenthal, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This includes everything from cash, housing, and utilities to food. When you think of welfare, youre probably thinking of TANF. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families provides a wide array of assistance to families with children in financial need.

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Housing 272

GCN

MARCH 19, 2024

Section 1115 Medicaid waivers can help states reduce health inequities by covering housing costs and providing meal support for vulnerable populations.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 13, 2025

Authored by Hanneke van Deursen, Bloomberg City Hall Fellow, City of Chattanooga and Nicole Heyman, Chief Housing Officer, City of Chattanooga With limited federal resources and state preemption on regulations, what can a mid-size city do to expand its impact on affordable housing? This is the question faced by Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 9, 2025

Among these needs, housing ranks high. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a 2024 Point […] Source

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