Sadly, you never own your land. We don’t have allodial titles in the USA as property taxes are indeed Constitutional but some folks have made and argument they aren’t. But property ownership used to be required to vote. No longer the case. The guy down on the corner asking for money to eat when he never tries to get a job has as much weight in his vote as those who pays thousands a year in property taxes. As I keep stating, the Republic is loooooonngggg dead. I hope to see it restored one day.
https://foundationfortruthinlaw.org/property-taxes.html
If they paid taxes on that property for forty years, they own it. The “community and stakeholders” can go pound sand. Sue the bastards for everything you can get.