Totally agree. And while we are at it can we stop allowing investment companies to buy single family homes?
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American land can only be owned by its citizens - AND American Businesses can only be owned by its citizens . It would require research to know if foreign investment should be allowed (there numerous arguments against this, I’m not sure if there are arguments for it). Too many corrupt American businesses based on foreign influence.
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Absolutely!! Not one acre should be owned by outside interests and anyone that is connected to those outside interests. EX: Bill Gates
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Yes!! I feel the same way if you want to own land or property here you have to be a USA citizen
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This is long over due.
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This is one of the most communist and nationalist policy I’ve read so far. It goes contrary to capitalism and the free market. This proves how far we are from capitalism in ideology these days and how much support for centralized power there is amongst Americans. This makes it impossible for legal immigrants that have lived here since forever to own land, this would allow government to expropriate land from millions of owners that aren’t citizens. The US has close to 50 million legal immigrants. This is not only anti American but also unconstitutional. Private property is not owned by government therefore government should not decide who you decide to sell your property to.
NO NO NO! Give Evil An Inch, They Will Take Mile!
This should be 100% law. Because right now we’re selling our land to foreign enemy countries. I think anyone caught doing so, through whichever shady they can think of should be charged with selling to our enemies, then the land given to us, not the politicians. Right now we’ve given all our power to these politicians. Most of the land sold to foreign countries are done so through politicians. It’s just plain and simple Greed
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How do you justify your position? I’m curious to know if there are meaningful arguments FOR foreign ownership of any property in the US.
I’m aware that US citizens and companies can and do own land outside the US. I think it’s up to those countries to allow that or to disallow it. I don’t think it is a valid argument for allowing foreign ownership of property - or businessess - in the US.
“Johnny’s mama let’s him do it.” is not a valid argument, IMO.
I think people with permanent residency and citizens should be able to buy homes. However, I agree that only citizens should own farmlands
Hawaii has laws against land ownership by non Hawaiian islanders. Land can be leased for 99 years.
It’s likely every state has various laws about land ownership. I think NO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT should own land in the United States of America.
The District of Columbia, DC, is not a state because it is owned by our federal government. It is the seat of our government. The people who live there are citizens of the country and that’s why they vote.
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I’ve not read all posts in this thread meticulously; therefore some of my comments might have been made and questions I would ask already answered. That said, I shall opine.
The issue of property ownership in this nation is in some ways related to or equivalent to border security. In the sense that without secure borders there can be no safe and secure nation, by the same token ownership of real property - especially land - by non-citizens constitutes a putative threat in times of peril. One does not want to throw th baby out with the bath water, however, because barring non-citizens to have ownership bars foreign companies from investing and creating jobs in America.
One way to get around the issue might be to require that land title can only held by American citizens. Foreign investors could negotiate leases with American landowners. That would resolve the matter provided the American owner and leaseholder has some degree of control over how the property can be used AND provided that laws of the United States, whether local, state, or federal, are observed. This principal might be applied to good effect for all corporations, both foreign and domestic. It is a relatively easy matter for foreign investors to incorporate in the US which could lead to corruption of the ban on foreign entities owning land in the US.
As an aside, someone raised the issue of barring those in the process of becoming naturalized citizens from owning land, stating that it would be a hardship. I disagree strongly. Naturalization is a 5-year (60 month) process. In my opinion, that is not a burdensome time to wait, especially considering the time it takes many native citizen families to save for downpayments for property purchases.