[p2p-research] [Commoning] Information sector: a qualitative different mode of production?

[Michel Bauwens]

this is important Sam, could you perhaps write something about this landbank
opportunity?

Michel

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Sam,
> >
> > perhaps sympathetic city governments could use the doctrine of eminent
> > domain?
> >
>
>
> I've not seen too much of this as of yet (not to say it couldn't start
> happening at any time).
>
> The common concept in the industrial midwest now is the "Land Bank".
> Example: http://inghamlandbank.org/about-us.php
>
> Basically, land comes into the possession of government by either
> being abandoned or people not paying taxes on the land. The "land
> bank"will often re-sell it at substantially lower costs, and this is
> an opportunity in cities for co-operatives to gain legal possession of
> land (which in turn could be co-owned by participants in co-op if
> desired).
>
>
>
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