Western Bay Of Plenty Land Grab Proposal An Affront To The Right To Property"The Taxpayers' Union is slamming the Western Bay of Plenty District Council's suggestion that the Government forcefully take ownership of private property from its residents without compensation and lease it back to them as part of a climate change managed retreat framework. Taxpayers’ Union National Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, says:"While coastal erosion and other climate-related risks to properties are serious issues, it is an affront to the fundamental human right to private property – especially when managed retreat can occur without the need for confiscating private property. "Under the Council's proposal, families would be stripped of their ownership of their properties, and although they would be able to lease them back, the property value would significantly deteriorate over time. This ludicrous suggestion by the Council belongs in dystopian fiction, not in modern-day New Zealand." NOTES TO EDITORS:Details of the story here:https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/climate-change-and-managed-retreat-in-bay-of-plenty-mayor-james-denyers-idea-divides-western-bay-of-plenty-district-council/LZ2QXPKY2NBDVCINDQI3UN3SMM/Advertisement - scroll to continue reading© Scoop Media

Source: New Zealand Herald November 14, 2023 02:50 UTC