In Oregon, state law forbids rent control. To protect tenants in Portland’s hot real estate market, last year the City Council passed a law that compels landlords to provide thousands in moving assistance if rent increases above 10 percent force tenants to move. This law is now being expanded to cover single-unit rentals.
Economists and Urbanists Call on Cities to Sign Amazon “Non-Aggression Pact”
A who’s-who of economists and planners has issued a call to state and local governments to refuse to divert tax dollars from public services to feed Amazon and to instead compete solely based on the underlying strengths of their communities.
Update on FASB Requirements: Disclosures, Endowments, and Cash Flows—Oh My!
Is your organization ready for its new financial reporting and planning requirements?
Do Nonprofits Need a “Truth in Advocacy” Policy?
When the voice of a community is claimed by a nonprofit that does not actively engage with it, there’s a danger that its true interests can be ignored and its ability to advocate on its own behalf lessened—even lost.
Berkshire Museum Gets Green Light to Sell Art to Fund Capital Plan
Since July, a museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has faced the wrath of the nation’s art community. The settlement should spur the arts community to develop more creative ways to preserve public art in financially struggling communities.
Congress’s Budget Deal Affirms Church Access to FEMA Funds
Previously, FEMA public assistance grants, available to nonprofit community centers such as YMCAs or senior centers, had not been open to houses of worship. Now, churches, like other nonprofits, may apply for funding.
Stockton to Test Cutting-Edge Economic Policies through Nonprofit Partnerships
This California city may become the proving ground for some big ideas to transform our economic assumptions.
Landmark Federal Court Decision Legitimizes and Protects Street Art
In this landmark case’s dramatic conclusion, the judge awarded $6.7 million in damages to 21 street artists for the “remorseless,” “willful” destruction of their art.
Harvard Tries to Catch Up, Hires First Tenured Professor in Native American Studies
Though Harvard owes a significant debt to indigenous Americans, its programs and focus on Native studies currently leave something to be desired, according to students and faculty.
Fiscal Sponsorship: A Response to the Overinstitutionalization of the Civil Sector
As promised, in the future, NPQ will be organizing some of its content a bit differently to advance particular conversations we see as being “stuck.” One of these has to do with recognizing the value of, and creating more supports for, fiscal sponsors—in other words, common nonprofit corporate umbrellas or platforms.
PolitiFact Becomes Its Own Division within Nonprofit Poynter Institute
As the landscape of journalism continues to evolve to incorporate more collaborative and nonprofit activity, the move of the popular PolitiFact to become a standalone division of Poynter that can work nationally makes great sense.
Meet the New Map, Same as the Old Map: Pennsylvania Districting Dispute Continues
The fight for less partisan drawing of districts in Pennsylvania continues, as Republicans present a map unlikely to be accepted by the state’s Democratic governor.