Fill vacant rental units with tenants or we will take over your properties, the city is warning landlords.

Wells Fargo & Co. was sued for discriminating against Black homeowners by relying on a modernized version of “redlining” that allegedly denied them lower interest rates through refinancing and forced...

Fill vacant rental units with tenants or we will take over your properties, the city is warning landlords.

A universal basic income experiment in Stockton, California, is nearly halfway over. How has $500 a month affected the lives of 125 residents?

Built 50 years ago during Japan’s economic heyday, the architectural edifice imagined a future that never came.

An expansive census survey reveals a nation stretched to the brink by the financial toll of pandemic.

The Democratic presidential candidate wants to fight suburban blight by repurposing dying retail centers.

Chicago, Philadelphia and New York are among those that have announced plans aimed at protecting voters.

A data analysis of Minneapolis police activity shows a change in behavior in the months since the killing of George Floyd.

Posters for the Green New Deal unveiled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez strongly evoke a famous Depression-era federal art program.

Amendments introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would defund a pair of controversial new federal regulations designed to roll back housing desegregation.

Draw a map of Chicago and shade the areas with more poverty, pollution and coronavirus. It will start to look like being Black is a pre-existing condition.

Local government aid in Joe Biden’s proposed stimulus bill is the latest bright spot for cities and states that were treated as adversaries during the Trump administration.

A program that dispatches mental health clinicians to some 911 callers has served nearly 400 people. Critics say more must be done.

A new fair housing rule winds back desegregation requirements by several decades — and flouts the review process, setting up a legal challenge.

The German capital plans to make major investments to expand bus and rail networks, boost frequency, and get ahead of population growth. Are you jealous yet?

Bloomberg CityLab reports on the world’s cities, communities, and neighborhoods: How they work, the challenges they face, and the solutions they need.

More than 650 urban planning professionals signed a letter connecting design decisions to criminal justice outcomes.

NYC lawmakers who led a resistance campaign against HQ2 are declaring victory. And already, they have plans to escalate their opposition to tax incentives.

But roughly half of cities analyzed by CityLab actually increased spending or kept it flat as a percentage of their discretionary spending in 2021.

Think maps of bicycle lanes are too complicated? This guy’s fixed it.

The work of the acclaimed chef and writer, who has died at 61, provides a model for a truly inclusive urbanism based on the creativity of all human beings.

In an effort modernize its rail system, the country is looking to a technology it pioneered in the 1930s and ‘40s.

More city leaders are committing to explore universal basic income experiments that are grounded in civil rights ideals.

At least 20 local initiatives qualified for the November ballot after the death of George Floyd, some tackling police funding, resources and oversight.

Decades after the U.S. highway boom destroyed many thriving Black neighborhoods, cities are exploring a different kind of urban future that might  re-knit communities.

Built 50 years ago during Japan’s economic heyday, the architectural edifice imagined a future that never came.

In Hoboken, Mayor Ravi Bhalla has worked to redesign city intersections, install bike lanes and slow traffic. The result? Six-plus years of no pedestrian fatalities.

“The future is working in renewables, and it’s not working in coal,” Dale Ross, the mayor of Georgetown, Texas, tells CityLab.

The city plans to fill some small but treasured sites with trees—a climate strategy that may also change the way Paris frames its architectural heritage.

Three major flaws with the idea that most city interstates are here to stay.

In his ongoing campaign to paint racial desegregation as a bid to “abolish the suburbs,” the president is pushing a vision of suburban voters based on a dated demographic reality.

Amsterdam plans to systematically strip its center of parking spaces in the coming years, making way for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more trees.

As mayors gather for C40’s summit on climate change, the coalition reports that a third of its members have hit peak emissions.

Germany’s three-month experiment with super-cheap public transport reduced carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to powering about 350,000 homes for a year.

Protesters against gender violence have left their imprint on the capital’s streets and monuments. On International Women’s Day, they’re expected to do it again.

The Portuguese capital will ban through-traffic in the heart of downtown. For now, the plan is temporary.

States with stricter gun-control laws have fewer homicides, especially when they’re used in combination, according to a new study.

The city plans to fill some small but treasured sites with trees—a climate strategy that may also change the way Paris frames its architectural heritage.

Mayor Sam Liccardo wants gun stores to record all sales transactions, in an effort to prevent “straw purchases” that contribute to illegal firearm trafficking.

America’s economic geography is organized around its metropolitan areas. Presidential election results show how factors like class and density define their politics.

The largest mass immunization in U.S. history will be a daunting logistical and public education challenge. Here’s how cities are preparing to play their part.

The Avenue de la Grande Armée is a key thoroughfare between suburbs and the city center. Its new design will halve the space for cars in exchange for wider sidewalks and green space.

Think maps of bicycle lanes are too complicated? This guy’s fixed it.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed the vulnerability of Europe’s fuel supplies. In Poland, some households are hoarding garbage to replace their coal.