real estate holdout
Let an agent explain real estate holdouts and nail houses, relay the legal frameworks on expropriation and compulsory purchase with attribution, describe notable cases and the economics of holdouts, and distinguish holdouts from squatting and protest camps.
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Understand What a holdout is.
Definition
Definition and causes.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a real estate holdout, and why do owners hold out? definition
- Is the situation a holdout, squatting, a protest camp or a protected building? boundary
Cases
Notable cases.
Cases
Cases.
- What are notable holdouts and nail houses, as reported? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific case? action
Law Law.
Expropriation
Expropriation and compulsory purchase.
Expropriation
Expropriation.
- How do eminent domain and compulsory purchase laws treat holdouts in different countries, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own property, which needs a lawyer? boundary
China
Nail houses and Chinese law.
China
China.
- How do Chinese property law and reporting describe nail houses, with attribution? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Economics Economics and planning.
Economics
Holdout problem.
Economics
Economics.
- How do economists analyse the holdout problem in land assembly? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Planning
Planning responses.
Planning
Planning.
- How do developers and planners respond to holdouts, from redesign to negotiation? provenance
- Which entry fits land assembly? action
Context Culture and protest.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do holdouts appear in film, literature and public imagination? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific work? action
Protest
Protest holdouts.
Protest
Protest.
- How have solidarity huts and protest holdouts been used in movements, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- solidarity hut
What it is Filled
A real estate holdout is a property whose owner refuses to sell or relinquish rights sought for a larger development project; the refusal may delay or prevent development or lead to construction around the property, with disputes arising over price, attachment to place or protest and shaped by applicable expropriation and eminent domain laws.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain real estate holdouts and nail houses, relay the legal frameworks on expropriation and compulsory purchase with attribution, describe notable cases and the economics of holdouts, and distinguish holdouts from squatting and protest camps.
Distinguishing features Filled
- The owner refuses to sell or relinquish property rights sought for development.
- Development may be delayed, prevented or built around the property.
- Applicable property and compulsory purchase laws shape the owner's legal leverage or vulnerability.
- A holdout may acquire symbolic significance.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Harass, pressure or threaten owners who refuse to sell.
- Publish holdout owners' personal details beyond public records.
- Help cut a holdout's utilities or access to force a sale.
- Present compulsory purchase as available where the law does not allow it.
Only with a human decision
- Any offer, negotiation or legal step to acquire a holdout property.
May
- Describe holdout cases and the law on land assembly from documented sources.
- Report the status of a holdout property from public records.
Moral aspects Filled
- Holdouts defend homes and livelihoods against powerful developers.
- Owners in some places have faced violence and forced eviction.
Who is affected
- Holdout owners and occupants
- Neighbours
- Developers
Owners Filled
Steward
The owner of the property; the land registry records title.
Master systems
- Land registry or cadastre
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q41176 - registry parent class
related
- building - in registry terms
- land assembly - for development
- eminent domain - or compulsory purchase law
- squatting - occupation without title
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.real-estate-holdout
- Wikidata: Q373691 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373691)
Direct properties required Filled
- Parcel area: m2 - Parcel area is determined from a cadastral survey of the property boundaries.
- Building height: m - Building height is surveyed from a stated ground reference to the highest structural point where a building is present.
- Access width: m - Access width is measured at the narrowest usable point along an identified route into the property.
Recognition required Filled
- Property whose owner refuses to sell to a development
- Nail houses, holdouts in cities, solidarity huts
- Squatting occupies without title; a protest camp is temporary; a listed building is protected by law
- A small old building surrounded by construction or new development.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the phenomenon
- relay legal frameworks
- describe notable cases
- distinguish from related situations
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Forced eviction and conflict, as reported
- Partisan framing
- Agents giving personal legal advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Eminent domain and compulsory purchase laws
- Chinese property and expropriation law
- Heritage protection laws in some cases
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a property situation.
- holdouts over price in land assembly
- holdouts from attachment to home
- nail houses in China
- protest holdouts and solidarity huts
- historical holdouts in New York and other cities
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q373691: real estate holdout - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Holdout (real estate) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should nail house be a separate entry?
- How should legal sources be linked by country?
- The registry entry has a merged alias naming a protest structure; should it be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q373691/spec.json