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In the USA, can you lose your home even after it is 100% paid off? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Let’s say that you buy a home in cash and have 100% paid off. Could you still lose it somehow?

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[–] Strykker@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

They aren't saying the us government can take land in like France whenever. But like Canada has expropriation laws available where if needed Canadian land can be seized from the land owner, usually with compensation.

This is often done for things like infrastructure, highways and such. Turns it from needing the owner to be willing to sell into "we are buying this land now, heres what we think the land was worth"