IAP2 Northeast Chapter – October 2024 Idea Hub: Community Benefit Agreements

Join IAP2 Northeast for our next Idea Hub on Thursday, October 31, starting at 10 a.m. - a conversation focused on community benefit agreements (CBAs) hosted by Edward De Barbieri. This is a FREE virtual event that will be hosted via Zoom starting at 10 a.m. E.S.T. 

CBAs have become commonplace nationwide to address income inequality in poor neighborhoods and are increasingly being used in siting alternative energy infrastructure. A CBA is a contract between a coalition of community groups and a developer in which the developer agrees to provide a slate of economic benefits in exchange for the coalition's promise not to oppose the development project. The CBA movement has its roots in the early 2000s with the efforts of community coalitions to secure living wages, local hiring, and green building requirements for low-income communities that traditionally have been left out of the development planning process for their own neighborhoods. Attend the next Idea Hub on October 31 to learn best practices on the development of CBAs.

About the Presenter
Professor De Barbieri teaches courses in property, housing law, state and local government, and community economic development law and directs the Community Economic Development Clinic at Albany Law School. His scholarship examines ways the public can engage in land use approvals and economic development activities and how that engagement can lead to reforms in economic and social systems. Prior to joining the Albany Law School faculty in 2016, Professor De Barbieri directed a community economic development clinic at Brooklyn Law School and was an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law. His background also includes work as a legal services attorney at the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center, including as an Equal Justice Works fellow.