The Condemned. Gary Greenberg.
by Greenberg, Gary; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 27Environment. Publisher: Mother Jones, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Cities and towns | Eminent domain | Municipal government | Ohio | U.S. -- Constitution -- 5th AmendmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In Ohio, and across the country, homeowners are battling cities and developers conspiring to seize their property." (MOTHER JONES) This article examines the "unholy alliance between cities strapped for cash and entrepreneurs promising economic bounty," noting that as "struggling cities have placed their urban renewal hopes in the hands of developers," the "powers of eminent domain--the right, granted by the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, of a government to seize private property and turn it to public use--to condemn a neighborhood and order residents out of their homes" has been invoked more frequently.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Condemned, Jan./Feb. 2005; pp. 42+.
"In Ohio, and across the country, homeowners are battling cities and developers conspiring to seize their property." (MOTHER JONES) This article examines the "unholy alliance between cities strapped for cash and entrepreneurs promising economic bounty," noting that as "struggling cities have placed their urban renewal hopes in the hands of developers," the "powers of eminent domain--the right, granted by the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, of a government to seize private property and turn it to public use--to condemn a neighborhood and order residents out of their homes" has been invoked more frequently.
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