This is by no means fully developed.
What if the Miami condo collapse was to justify condemning and land/property grabs under the guise of "public safety," but it's really all about real estate and money?
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Can you demonstrate an instance where a building was condemned and consequently the land was taken by the state.
Without looking up such an instance, no not really. But, I have read about pieces of shit condemning peoples houses that had nothing wrong with them and instituting eminent domain where they steal the land. Oh, they may pay the going rate price to the owner, but it's the same as if you take your neighbor's car against his will but you paid him fair market value. You're still committing theft.
Ah, I just found out something
https://gokcecapital.com/condemnation-vs-eminent-domain/
Condemnation is a legal term that is not just "a property rendered uninhabitable" which was the meaning I was using, but is the legal process by which eminent domain can be instigated.
The US has different laws, here in the UK Condemnation is an order to repair or demolish.
Slightly different legal definitions I guess, but the end result is they can take your shit and destroy it and build something new on it and there's not a ton we can do about it.
Yeah, the big recent one here is for the HS2 trainline "Compulsory Purchases" (which is the name of Eminent domain here).
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/land-compensation-manual-section-1-compulsory-purchase-general/compulsory-purchase-general
£600m was spent on compulsory purchases for the trainline
one example, a building older than any of the European settlements in the US
https://news.sky.com/story/couple-lose-seven-year-fight-against-hs2-as-17th-century-home-to-be-demolished-12040136