Posted on 11/17/2008 11:42:42 AM PST by yankeedame
Homeowners are facing the prospect of being forced to sell their own land to make space for gypsy campsites under orders from the government.
... the Government is launching what has been described as a 'land grab', which could see fields and even private gardens converted into pitches for mobile homes.
One local authority is now warning its residents that their land could be brought under compulsory purchase if they refuse to sell up to make way for hundred of travellers setting up home in their town....
...thousands of landowners could see their property bought at reduced rates.
...They also admitted anyone wanting to build new housing estates in the area may be required to provide areas for traveller campsites.
'As a last resort there may need to be sites on other private land...Any land owner faced with the possibility of compulsory purchase following finalisation of the plan may be well advised to sell because land would be compulsorily purchased at its original land value, plus very limited compensation.'...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Well goodness, you don't know? The buggers charge money there! Bloody un-neighborly of them!
Liberalism is all about making life better for the disfunctional, the perverted, the thieves, the lazy, addicted, the dregs of society. At the same time it makes life harder for the productive law abiding citizens. The strangest thing is that the productive folks accept this and even vote for it instead of rioting because of it. Western society is being deconstructed by the libs and no one dares object.
I brought a jar of gypsy tears to protect me from foreclosure.
This happens in the US, already! Don’t believe me, look up Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Housing_Authority_v._Midkiff ).
The forced sale of private land to non-land owners. Read this case and you’ll wonder why everyone was so surprised by the Kelo Decision.
Tinkering with property rights.
Was that a pun? If so, I salute you sir...
This would be more pertinent if what was described in the article was actually happening. In reality, almost the reverse is the case. Almost all attempts by gypsies to establish permanent sites fail because they're refused planning permission by the local council, in response to objections by permanent residents. Not all the daft policy kites highlighted in media alerts like this actually happen, and checks and balances between daft policy and common-sense administration do still often work.
But if they had permanent sites, they wouldn’t be gypsies..
The phrase “permanent sites for gypsies” seems like an oyxmoron to me...
Permanent site, transient occupancy. Gypsies often like to stay in a particular area for the same few weeks every year.
Why can’t the gypsies just buy their own parking lots for their “caravans”?
They frequently do, but are then refused planning permission to use them for this purpose (see above)
Don’t they have RV parks and campsites in the UK and how come the gypsies don’t use them if they do?
No gypsy would be seen dead in a commercial caravan park - and wouldn't be let in anyway.
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