S4ltyInt3ractions t1_j8add5b wrote on February 12, 2023 at 9:12 PM

Reply to comment by AirtimeAficionado in Alternate Title: City of Pittsburgh sues to keep ownership of dilapidated housing, preventing them from being redeveloped by asdropen11

Wow did you read the article? This isn't eminent domain and your hypothetical situation where one individual is holding up a development for the greater good is delusional this is for profit companies doing land grabs.

AirtimeAficionado t1_j8amuos wrote on February 12, 2023 at 10:19 PM

It isn’t eminent domain, but they are not able to take the home without purchasing it from the current owner following the conservatorship process. And it isn’t a land grab because they are still ultimately paying for the property at market value. It is more complicated than either of us are giving it credit, but it isn’t a big bad developer stealing people’s homes or a rosey utopia in the making. It’s just a messy process of neighborhood redevelopment, which is forced into this position in part because of the laws which limit development/allow for development to be stalled by a vocal minority.