211 articles by Ryan Kushner

• California governor proposes $500M to address homelessness — with new strings

  May 15, 2026

• Smart meters have saved Austin, Texas, more than a billion of gallons of water, utility says

  May 14, 2026

• 3 cities making strides in housing affordability

  May 13, 2026

• Illinois cities push back on state proposal to bypass local zoning

  May 11, 2026

• Public-sector AI translation has saved taxpayers more than $30 million, Wordly says

  May 8, 2026

• HUD continues shift away from ‘housing first,’ harm reduction in homelessness funding

  May 7, 2026

• AI procurement tool evaluates local government contract solicitations before they’re sent

  May 6, 2026

• State CISOs are losing confidence in their ability to secure public-sector data, study finds

  May 5, 2026

• Affordable housing development is boosting Oklahoma’s economy: report

  May 4, 2026

• Mayors look to shape AI policy — and the technology itself — in new coalition

  May 1, 2026

• Leading with ‘grace and grit’ in a binational border county

  April 30, 2026

• Housing energy efficiency requirements rescinded by HUD, USDA

  April 29, 2026

• New York governor floats tax on high-end second homes in NYC

  April 28, 2026

• Indiana to enforce statewide encampment ban aimed at homeless population

  April 24, 2026

• AI is making cyberattacks on local governments easier than ever

  April 23, 2026

• ADA website accessibility compliance deadline extended 1 year for local governments

  April 22, 2026

• $4B affordable housing initiative launches in New York City

  April 21, 2026

• These 2 cities enacted upzoning policies to boost housing development. It’s working, study says.

  April 17, 2026

• Kentucky cuts ‘red tape’ on affordable housing from faith-based organizations

  April 16, 2026

• Trump targets ‘bureaucrat tax’ to build more homes

  April 15, 2026

• Local government staffing shortages threaten housing development, experts say

  April 14, 2026

• This city is not just training its staff on AI, it’s educating the public

  April 13, 2026

• Most mayors say market-rate housing development can boost housing affordability

  April 10, 2026

• 3 city AI policies to watch

  April 9, 2026

• Single-staircase reform proposed in California

  April 8, 2026

• Trump budget proposal once again targets affordable housing, homeless assistance

  April 7, 2026

• Trump administration effort to rewrite federal housing grant criteria hits setbacks

  April 6, 2026

• Housing referrals from United Way helpline hit all-time high: ‘a sounding alarm for communities’

  April 3, 2026

• AI in local government? Detroit residents are ‘not widely convinced’ it belongs.

  March 31, 2026

• Office-to-housing conversions grew 28% last year

  March 30, 2026

• New York City program aims to fast-track affordable housing on city-owned land

  March 27, 2026

• Indiana city bans groups from sending it homeless individuals from other jurisdictions

  March 26, 2026

• Detroit to dedicate 100% of city-owned commercial property sales proceeds to affordable housing fund

  March 25, 2026

• 43% of public sector employees use AI at least a few times a year, Gallup finds

  March 24, 2026

• NYC reinvigorates push for ADUs

  March 23, 2026

• Idaho updates grant-management system with cloud-based platform

  March 20, 2026

• How housing policy reform drove down rents in Austin, Texas

  March 19, 2026

• Up to $142M in economic benefits could come from being World Cup-adjacent, one city finds

  March 17, 2026

• Could transit agency-owned land help solve California’s housing problem?

  March 16, 2026

• Bipartisan affordable housing legislation just cleared the Senate. Here’s what it could mean for cities.

  March 13, 2026

• Trump administration unveils new plan for some homeless veterans: legal guardianship

  March 12, 2026

• Florida advances bill to bypass local zoning, allow residential development on brownfields

  March 11, 2026

• How Durham, North Carolina, kick-started affordable housing development

  March 10, 2026

• Nearly 40,000 ‘shovel-ready’ affordable homes in California are stuck in financial limbo, report finds

  March 9, 2026

• 2 major cities update homelessness plans to focus on permanent housing

  March 6, 2026

• NYC public housing has a vacancy problem, an investigation found. Squatters are filling the gaps.

  March 5, 2026

• 4 ways Oklahoma can ease its affordable housing crisis

  March 4, 2026

• Got a spare room in Portland, Oregon? The city might give you $1K to rent it out.

  March 3, 2026

• Frederick County, Maryland, plots a ‘more active’ approach to housing shortages

  March 2, 2026

• How one company is using AI to transform affordable housing

  Feb. 26, 2026

• US homes are becoming uninsurable, study says. Here are 3 things states can do.

  Feb. 25, 2026

• How a Maryland county integrated AI into its case management systems

  Feb. 24, 2026

• 3 state-level parking reform efforts to watch

  Feb. 23, 2026

• Pritzker proposes statewide zoning standards to boost housing in Illinois

  Feb. 20, 2026

• Oregon mandates heat pumps in new housing

  Feb. 19, 2026

• AI is ‘the wild west right now.’ These experts explain how cities can use it ethically.

  Feb. 18, 2026

• Public sector interest in AI is high, but readiness is not, new research finds

  Feb. 17, 2026

• More cities are looking to expand multilingual access to services. Could AI spell the answer?

  Feb. 11, 2026

• Los Angeles’ encampment cleanup program may displace more people than it helps, study finds

  Feb. 10, 2026

• Local governments hired hundreds of former federal workers last year

  Feb. 9, 2026

• With a boost from Meta, Sacramento eyes more affordable student housing

  Feb. 6, 2026

• Philadelphia’s $2B bet on affordable housing

  Feb. 5, 2026

• HHS launches $100M program to address homelessness, substance abuse in 8 localities

  Feb. 4, 2026

• Utah is planning to construct a vast homeless shelter. Some critics are calling it a ‘detention camp.’

  Feb. 2, 2026

• Colorado bills take ‘big swing’ at state’s housing shortage

  Jan. 23, 2026

• New Jersey towns hit another wall in fight against state’s affordable housing mandate

  Jan. 22, 2026

• Trump issues order to curb single-family home sales to large investors

  Jan. 21, 2026

• Cities explore tossing rental ‘junk fees’ to ease affordability crisis

  Jan. 20, 2026

• With zoning and regulatory changes, cities aim to spur housing growth

  Jan. 16, 2026

• Chicago is filling vacant city lots with middle-scale housing

  Jan. 15, 2026

• A year after LA fires, thousands of homes remain unbuilt. State funds aim to curb displacement.

  Jan. 13, 2026

• Louisville, Kentucky, joins growing number of cities bringing AI to permitting

  Jan. 12, 2026

• Senate ‘housing emergency’ bill seeks to spur construction of 4 million US homes

  Jan. 9, 2026

• One week in, Mamdani begins reshaping NYC housing

  Jan. 8, 2026

• Virginia Beach looks to kick-start affordable housing with new grant program

  Jan. 6, 2026

• Want insights on your city’s infrastructure? Now you can Google it.

  Jan. 5, 2026

• Manhattan’s housing crisis has gotten worse, report finds

  Dec. 23, 2025

• Addressing housing, climate change and AI in an unpredictable year

  Dec. 22, 2025

• How do cities accelerate housing? Partnerships, land buying and zoning, experts say

  Dec. 18, 2025

• San Francisco’s new zoning opens the door for more housing — but it might bring less than expected

  Dec. 17, 2025

• Bellevue, Washington, wants faster permitting. Can AI help?

  Dec. 16, 2025

• Making special days special in the world’s wedding capital: 2024 Exemplary Public Servant Paula Cook

  Dec. 12, 2025

• Climate change is rapidly altering cities. Here’s how some are responding.

  Dec. 10, 2025

• How AI is impacting homebuying

  Dec. 9, 2025

• Massachusetts lost its ‘middle’ housing. This study has 6 tips for getting it back.

  Dec. 8, 2025

• In a tech-focused world, this city’s deputy CIO puts people first: Exemplary Public Servant Ryon Saenz

  Dec. 5, 2025

• 5 steps to increasing biodiversity in cities

  Dec. 4, 2025

• HUD withdraws homelessness grant opportunity ahead of court hearing

  Dec. 3, 2025

• Congress mulls preempting state-level AI laws — again

  Dec. 1, 2025

• City leaders ‘aren’t thinking big enough’ about AI, tech expert says

  Nov. 26, 2025

• NLC leaders address cities’ time of ‘uncertainty’

  Nov. 25, 2025

• With flat revenues and increasing costs, more cities are tightening their belts

  Nov. 24, 2025

• States agree on AI’s economic advantage — whether they’re ready for it is another story

  Nov. 18, 2025

• New Orleans’ housing market is stagnating. Affordability mandates are holding it back, a study says.

  Nov. 17, 2025

• HUD is back online — and is making cuts to its homelessness program

  Nov. 14, 2025

• Trump called the Digital Equity Act ‘racist and illegal.’ This nonprofit is pushing back.

  Nov. 13, 2025

• AI came to San Francisco. A ‘homebuying boom’ followed.

  Nov. 12, 2025

• AI is moving fast. This project aims to help states keep up — responsibly.

  Nov. 10, 2025

• As ICE raids rage on, Chicago is faced with a question: Should evictions be paused?

  Nov. 7, 2025

• Baltimore, eyeing a ‘renaissance,’ passes a slew of housing reforms

  Nov. 6, 2025

• San Jose, California, will clear homeless encampments on state land within the city

  Nov. 5, 2025

• Neither rain nor snow nor digitization have stopped local governments from accepting payments by mail

  Nov. 4, 2025

• 4 housing measures on the ballot in New York City

  Nov. 3, 2025

• Keeping people in their homes as evictions surge: 2024 Crown Communities Award winner

  Oct. 31, 2025

• St. Paul, Minnesota, fell victim to a cyberattack in July. It’s still recovering.

  Oct. 30, 2025

• How Charlottesville, Virginia, is getting its zoning back

  Oct. 29, 2025

• How state CIOs are using GenAI

  Oct. 28, 2025

• Building a granny flat or tiny house in Charlotte, North Carolina? The city might spot you up to $80K.

  Oct. 27, 2025

• The Olympics are headed to LA. So is free Wi-Fi.

  Oct. 23, 2025

• Baltimore is betting big on vacant and at-risk home revitalization

  Oct. 22, 2025

• Chicago Housing Authority files lawsuit over HUD’s anti-DEI funding stipulations

  Oct. 21, 2025

• New York City is having an office-to-housing conversion boom. Could Chicago be next?

  Oct. 20, 2025

• Florida county turns to AI to trim zoning review process

  Oct. 17, 2025

• Stairway to housing? This California city legalized single-staircase apartments

  Oct. 16, 2025

• Interactive map tracks housing shortages across Florida

  Oct. 10, 2025

• This small Texas town has a housing affordability problem. Can it print its way out?

  Oct. 9, 2025

• How the government shutdown is (and isn’t) impacting housing funds for cities

  Oct. 8, 2025

• Florida leaders used state DOGE effort to call out ‘wasteful spending.’ Communities are pushing back.

  Oct. 7, 2025

• Court upholds New Jersey affordable housing mandate, dismisses suit from cities

  Oct. 6, 2025

• Municipalities join forces to conserve more than 2,000 acres of diverse Arizona landscape

  Oct. 3, 2025

• California adopted AI safety legislation. Here are 5 things it does.

  Oct. 2, 2025

• Modern multifamily buildings see ‘far better fire safety outcomes’ than other housing types, Pew report finds

  Oct. 1, 2025

• Massachusetts opened the door for ADUs this year. It has approved 550 so far.

  Sept. 29, 2025

• Santa Clara County records surge in first-time homelessness

  Sept. 26, 2025

• Whistleblowers accuse HUD of ‘systematically undermining’ fair housing laws

  Sept. 25, 2025

• California shelves AI bill designed to ‘address algorithmic discrimination’

  Sept. 24, 2025

• 5 takeaways from Harvard’s Unlocking the Missing Middle housing report

  Sept. 23, 2025

• Amazon pledged to deliver affordable housing to the Puget Sound region. It just hit 10,000 units.

  Sept. 19, 2025

• Amid encampment crackdowns, Maui County, Hawaiʻi, explores ‘compassionate’ approach

  Sept. 18, 2025

• Houston had outpaced the nation in addressing homelessness. Now it’s facing a setback.

  Sept. 15, 2025

• Judge temporarily blocks new HUD housing grant criteria

  Sept. 12, 2025

• San Francisco’s permitting reform seeks an end to building project ‘death by a thousand cuts’

  Sept. 11, 2025

• With an executive order, Maryland aims to build more houses faster

  Sept. 10, 2025

• California forms task force to clear homeless encampments

  Sept. 9, 2025

• Half of US residents ‘uncomfortable’ about AI in government: survey

  Sept. 8, 2025

• Chicago eases parking mandates to spur affordable housing development

  Sept. 5, 2025

• A Virginia city eliminated single-family-only zoning. Then the lawsuits came.

  Sept. 3, 2025

• To address homelessness, Oakland, California, has a new plan and new resources

  Sept. 2, 2025

• Oregon moves toward state-level zoning in push for ‘missing middle’ housing

  Aug. 28, 2025

• Housing affordability was a problem in New Orleans before Katrina. That hasn’t changed.

  Aug. 27, 2025

• As federal funding dries up, 72% of Michigan city leaders fear fiscal problems: survey

  Aug. 25, 2025

• In Colorado, most residential zoning codes block affordable housing

  Aug. 22, 2025

• Salesforce debuts AI agents for city services

  Aug. 21, 2025

• City and county leaders urge Congress to reinstate ‘critical’ cybersecurity funding

  Aug. 20, 2025

• This small Oregon city voted to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water. It’s part of a larger trend.

  Aug. 18, 2025

• State Farm homeowners insurance rates to surge 27% in Illinois

  Aug. 15, 2025

• Ohio mandate requires local governments to establish cybersecurity programs

  Aug. 14, 2025

• Dallas says it’s the first major Texas city to use AI for procurement

  Aug. 13, 2025

• Federal legislation aims to counteract surge of local laws criminalizing homelessness

  Aug. 12, 2025

• After federal job cuts, initiative aims to redirect talent to local government roles

  Aug. 11, 2025

• Microsoft Copilot just got its biggest U.S. city client yet: San Francisco

  Aug. 8, 2025

• LA County sees second year of homelessness declines, ends longtime partnership with city of LA

  Aug. 7, 2025

• 5 takeaways from Harvard’s 2025 state of housing report

  Aug. 6, 2025

• Housing shortages hit low-income renters the hardest, Pew report finds

  Aug. 5, 2025

• 6 U.S. cities will get data analytics, AI support via international alliance

  Aug. 4, 2025

• Senate advances landmark affordable housing legislation

  July 30, 2025

• Bill looks to expand AI, cybersecurity resources for local governments

  July 25, 2025

• Archetype AI is helping this Washington city monitor pedestrian safety in real time

  July 2, 2025

• OpenAI ‘for government’ initiative aims to further integrate AI into public sector

  June 20, 2025

• Study: Business AI power consumption highest in these 10 states

  June 13, 2025

• California mayors speak out on ‘unconscionable’ lack of homelessness aid in proposed state budget

  June 11, 2025

• Iowa ADU law aims to address housing shortage

  May 29, 2025

• These 10 states have the highest fiber broadband availability

  May 28, 2025

• The 6 fastest-warming U.S. cities

  May 20, 2025

• Tech hubs: these 10 cities are ‘best prepared’ for a smart city future

  May 12, 2025

• Trump budget looks to slash rental assistance, affordable housing programs

  May 7, 2025

• These are the 10 fastest growing counties in the U.S.

  May 7, 2025

• More public EV charging, including curbside, envisioned in Chicago plan

  April 14, 2025

• Authorium steps into growing field of AI procurement products

  April 11, 2025

• NYC congestion pricing is seeing positive results, but its future rests largely on Trump: MIT panel

  April 4, 2025

• Housing, utilities and food among top US needs in 2024: United Way

  April 2, 2025

• FEMA disaster preparedness role could decrease following Trump executive order

  March 28, 2025

• Trump administration mulls use of federal land to address affordable housing crisis

  March 21, 2025

• The federal government ‘clawed back’ grant money from an NYC bank account—here’s why that’s possible

  March 11, 2025

• Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

  March 5, 2025

• Pilot program in Salem explores ways to mitigate rising flood risks and fill insurance gaps

  March 3, 2025

• Baltimore sues Trump administration over purge of DEI programs

  Feb. 18, 2025

• OpenAI unveils AI service designed for U.S. government agencies

  Feb. 3, 2025

• Carahsoft, Dynamo AI partner to offer generative AI solutions to public sector

  Jan. 17, 2025

• Public pension funding remains “fragile” but showed improvement in 2024

  Jan. 8, 2025

• Top 10 most popular American City & County articles of 2024

  Dec. 30, 2024

• A year in AI: See the top AC&C articles on artificial intelligence in 2024

  Dec. 20, 2024

• Minimum wage is set to increase in a record number of jurisdictions in 2025

  Dec. 18, 2024

• As wildfire threats grow, new funding is helping local governments convert trucks into wildland fire engines

  Dec. 6, 2024

• Are local governments prepared for AI? 38% of IT leaders say not at all

  Nov. 26, 2024

• ‘Building a technology-friendly environment’: Detroit to accept cryptocurrency payments in 2025

  Nov. 8, 2024

• Local governments are less impacted by polarization, survey finds

  Nov. 4, 2024

• The future of flying: FAA’s final air taxi rule could have cities looking more like ‘The Jetsons’

  Oct. 24, 2024

• States and tribes receive $1.5B to combat opioid crisis as overdose deaths decline

  Sept. 30, 2024

• Chicago’s transit authority looks to AI-powered gun detection to help curb violent crime

  Sept. 20, 2024

• Nevada has a large backlog of unemployment benefits appeals. It’s banking on AI to help.

  Sept. 16, 2024

• Violent crime fell 6% in major U.S. cities in the first half of 2024, survey finds

  Aug. 21, 2024

• State legislatures ‘ramped up activity’ in first half of 2024, report finds

  Aug. 12, 2024

• As California moves to clear homeless encampments, it’s encouraging local governments to follow suit

  July 29, 2024

• Flood monitoring product aims to make tracking flood damage more efficient

  July 19, 2024

• Data tool designed to help states and localities provide medical debt relief

  July 12, 2024

• Is it a federal crime for government officials to accept gratuities? Supreme Court says ‘the answer is no’

  July 3, 2024

• 2023 Crown Communities Award winner: City turns one-way frontage road into a two-way economic boon

  July 3, 2024

• Biden administration announces $1.8B in transportation grants for ‘communities of every size’

  June 26, 2024

• City of Rochester mulls a groundbreaking move: creating its own bank

  June 18, 2024

• Evansville police to add safeguards after officer’s ‘misuse’ of AI software

  June 17, 2024

• Cities are struggling to optimize opioid settlement money. This tool offers advice

  June 5, 2024

• Small California town could be a testing ground for hydrogen blending fuel project

  June 5, 2024

• The latest threat to drinking water systems? Cyberattacks, EPA says

  May 29, 2024

• Survey: More 2024 college graduates are applying to government jobs

  May 28, 2024

• New AI-powered data analyst designed for public sector

  May 10, 2024

• AI guidelines put in place for administering public benefits programs

  May 8, 2024

• 2023 Crown Communities Award winner: Community collaborates to build respite program for caregivers

  May 6, 2024

• ‘The sounds of nature’: Cicada noise causes influx of 911 calls in South Carolina town

  April 25, 2024

• 7 tips for growing a successful local farmers market

  April 23, 2024

• EPA to implement national limit on “forever chemicals” in drinking water

  April 15, 2024