A federal judge has blocked the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island, from taking control of a 31-acre property planned for affordable housing. The judge ruled that town officials did not have the legal authority to seize the land. US District Judge Melissa R. DuBose overturned the town’s decision to take the property near George Waterman…

An Ohio appeals court has ruled that the City of Cleveland must begin compensation proceedings after changing the zoning of a commercial property to residential use, preventing the owner from carrying out a planned business project. The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District, upheld a lower court ruling that requires the city to…

A Louisiana landowner planned to raise cattle and grow soybeans on his property. However, repeated flooding from the Boeuf River made farming difficult. Michael Liles, who runs the land-development business 5L Land Development, turned to wetland restoration with help from the US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The project covers more than…