Community Benefits

Use Community Benefits Agreements and other legally-binding arrangements to provide tangible benefits to residents (e.g. economic inclusion provisions, job opportunities, living wages, dedicated affordable housing).

Case Studies

• Creative Neighborhood Marketing: Lessons from Baltimore and the Open Walls Project
• Form-based Zoning in Action in Cincinnati
• PD&R’s Best Practices Series Highlights Revitalization of Old North St Louis, Missouri
• Video: Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County's NSP Efforts in California
• Video: Primavera Foundation's NSP Efforts in Arizona
• Video: Lake Worth's NSP Efforts in Florida
• Video: Homeport CDC's NSP Efforts in Columbus, Ohio
• "Resilience in the Face of Foreclosures" Report from the National League of Cities
• Oakland to Stop Putting Liens on Blighted Properties
• Atlanta Beltline: A Model for Urban Revitalization