On The Commons with me this week is Tom DeWeese. Tom is the founder and president of the American Policy Center, headquartered in Northern Virginia.
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On The Commons is a weekly radio show dedicated to discussing the many issues surrounding mandatory homeowner associations, the fastest growing form of residential housing in the nation.
Blacks Law Dictionary defines "Ownership", in part, as a "Collection of rights to use and enjoy property....The entirety of the powers of use and disposal allowed by law." It then goes on to say; "Ownership of property is either absolute or qualified." In the first scenario the owner has "absolute dominion" and may use his or property as he or she sees fit. It defines a qualified ownership, in part, ".... when the time of enjoyment is deferred or limited, or when the use is restricted." Homeowners in associations have learned the hard way that the enjoyment of their property is indeed very limited and their dominion almost non existent. But is the depletion of property rights limited to mandatory membership associations? Does "absolute ownership" still exist in this country?
On The Commons with me this week is Tom DeWeese. Tom is the founder and president of the American Policy Center <a href="http://www.americanpolicy.org/" target="_blank">www.americanpolicy.org</a>, headquartered in Northern Virginia. He is the Editor in Chief of the DeWeese Report, a passionate advocate for protecting Constitutionally guaranteed protection of individual and property rights, a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows and public speaker and published author. Please join us On The Commons this Saturday, June 28, 2003 . We'll discuss our rapidly vanishing property rights and explore ways to reverse this trend.
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