Why does a school need eminent domain over a 92-year-old woman's home?
How does a school have the right to take families to court for eminent domain? One of the families is a 92 year old woman who has been in her house since 1945 when her husband built it. She is in declining health and her son refuses to move her. I can’t believe this town I live in.
So Royal·
Мама двоих (младенец)
Really? They can do that? I thought people had the option to sell or not sell. They can force people out of their homes?
Heather··
@ekko, yes I can let you know.
So Royal··
Мама двоих (младенец)
@ekko I looked it up after I commented. I'd never heard of it before. It's so sad and I just don't think it's right. I do understand they compensate, but, man, it's kinda heartless
Heather··
I had to look into it some more also. The school has been acquiring property around the school since 2007, these few homes refused to sell and the one lady specific was told she could live out her life in her home before they bought it and now the school has decided that it wants to start building next year instead of the “agreed” 2025. Either way it seems the school didn’t expect this woman to live this long. It’s so crazy. And of course rumors have already started on Facebook and people have contacted the news channels who are all distorting information. The school said they were being very generous with their offer but someone keeps saying they only offered her 48,000…. So I have no idea. The whole thing comes down to that the school didn’t give voters all of the information last year when we voted to expand the school. We were told it was expanding to the north, and now they are saying it’s expanding to the east as well (which is where the houses are).
XryztalRoze·
This makes my heart sad. Even the US Government allowed the last living person of the Smoky Mountains to live in his home until he died. She's 92. Why can't they build around her house and let her be? After all, her life clock is ticking fast.