This went nuts years ago. Here in CaCaLand, the gov’mt stated that it is OK to seize land if the gov’mt gets more income by the new owner.
So, a chunk of land along a road can be seized if some businesses (e.g., a strip mall) agrees to pay more property tax than the owner of the strip of land. It is just business, kinda like the envelop from the mall owner to the committee members who approve the deal.
This is Newscum’s plan on not allowing anyone to re-build any houses on PacificPalisades. Approvals are only given if the re-build is multi-family apts. Wanna guess who will own the apts? I’m not kidding, this is already underway.
Maybe NJ is getting a deal from China that they can’t refuse. Too much land in the USA is owned by China.
East Palestine, OH
Trump is looking into putting a stop to it.
If the area is full of run-down warehouses and industrial blight, why is this farm the best candidate for the housing project? Buy a crap warehouse for next to nothing and knock it down.
Why does this township have any legal standing to condemn property in an “unincorporated area”? Who would “own” the propety after seizure? Is the site even appropriate for low income housing? Have years of using agricultural chemicals made the area unsafe for children? Where’s the Environmental Impact Report (3 years and $100k)? Any conflicts of interest for the local government/public officials pushing the project (enriching themselves or relatives with contratcs and kickbacks perhaps)? Some public interest lawyering might derail this land theft.