government seizure of nc land for development confirmed! 3 weeks before the hurricane destroyed northwestern, nc the city of asheville one of the worst hit in the entire hurricane released an "affordable housing plan" source:   in that housing plan is they discuss methods of the city acquiring land to more efficiently (profitably) use it. they discuss a program referred to as "land banking" in which the city can seize property and impose deed restrictions and even sell the property to private entitites. the problem is that land banking is not legal in nc so the report goes further into detail on what would be required to "expand the powers of the city" and one such example is the total destruction of entire neighborhoods and displacement through "natural disaster".
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