S4ltyInt3ractions t1_j8a0vgy wrote on February 12, 2023 at 7:47 PM

The city needs to do better with its property but conservatorship is not the answer. Developers have already started trying to take peoples homes that they live in. https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/homeowners-say-developer-is-using-state-law-to-get-control-of-properties/

Paranoidexboyfriend t1_j8b7r32 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 12:54 AM

Thats completely irrelevant to the issue of the city not doing anything with the property they've taken. No one lives in the homes being discussed in the article, unless they're squatters.

S4ltyInt3ractions t1_j8boi5h wrote on February 13, 2023 at 2:55 AM

How is that irrelevant I acknowledged the city's failure I'm stating conservatorship is not a good solution where is your disconnect?

AirtimeAficionado t1_j8a7j8h wrote on February 12, 2023 at 8:32 PM

They aren’t “taking” homes— people are compensated at fair market value for the land and structure. Developers aren’t building empty buildings, how is it fair for one person to hog a plot of land in a blighted structure that potentially hundreds of people could live on? It’s driving up housing costs for everyone, stifling growth, and hurting the recovery of the city as a whole. Tearing down homes to put up a parking lot or highway is bad, but tearing down homes to build even more homes (often times with a larger affordable unit stock than before) is not. And if one person is refusing to sell at a reasonable price, laws like these are critical to ensure the future development of a neighborhood isn’t stifled by one disgruntled individual.

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

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.