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TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca

The city mistakenly tore down this man’s home. Now, they are suing him for $68K in demolition costs (news.yahoo.com)

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[–] Mitchsicle@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the city is crazy to think they can recover it, but it sounds like both houses were probably worthy of demolition and the owner just got it done for free.

An occupied house in good condition wouldn’t be mistaken for the wrong one.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Nah bro even if it's in poor condition you can't just trash private property

[–] digdug@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

Reading the article, it sounds like the mistake was because of the address, I couldn't find enough information in the article to know if the mistaken house was in poor condition. Were you expecting the actual demolition crew to question the work order?