City of New London, when the economic developers of New London, Connecticut successfully argued that it served a “public purpose” to seize and condemn Susette Kelo’s house so that a developer could build something larger and more expensive on the property. This got worse in 2005 thanks to the landmark U.S. But in the world of economic development in America, “public use” all too often means “any use a politically connected developer wants to put it to.” In many states, an approved redevelopment plan is enough to start the process of taking away someone’s family home, their business or other private property. It’s usually intended so that governments can build things like highways, railroads and other public infrastructure.
“Eminent Domain” is the legal principle that governments may take private property for public use.
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