Law’s Matthew Rossman highlights new accountability measures in Cleveland community benefits agreements
What are community benefits agreements, and how are they supposed to help Clevelanders?
Signal Cleveland: Matthew Rossman, law professor and director of the Community Development Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, said Cleveland’s updated community benefits agreement ordinance offers reason for optimism because it sets measurable goals and benchmarks and allows the city to claw back funding from developers who violate the terms.
