A Rhode Island town seeks to use eminent domain to block construction of a large-scale affordable housing project.
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RhodeIslandpropertytargetedforcondemnationtopreventconstructionofaffordablehousingonthesite. (PLF)
ThetownofJohnston,RhodeIslandistargetingpropertyforcondemnationinordertopreventtheconstructionofanaffordablehousingprojectonthesite.ThePacificLegalFoundation(apublicinterestlawfirmrepresentingthepropertyowners)inthecase,hasahelpfuldescriptionofthefacts [Note:PLFisalsomywife’semployer,thoughshehasnoinvolvementinthiscaseanddoesnotworkonpropertyrightsissues]:
SCLSRealty,LLCandSixtyThreeJohnston,LLCwereformedbySalvatoreCompagnone,Jr,afourth-generationgeneralcontractorinJohnston,RhodeIsland,whosefamilyhasalonghistoryinthebuildingtradedatingbacktoItaly.AfterSalvatore’sfatherpassedawayinearly2024,hisfamilytookthehelmofdevelopmentinthetownwithplanstocarryonthebuildingtraditionandprovidedesperatelyneeded,newaffordablehousing.
A2023RhodeIslandlawaimedatincentivizingprivatecreation
