Chad Trausch is a Navy veteran who wanted to expand his home in Miami due to his growing family. But when he submitted plans for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom addition, the city came back with a strange request: it wanted half his front yard. Chad was perplexed. The demand for land had nothing to do with the addition. The city didn’t seem to have any concerns with his building plan; it simply saw an opportunity to force Chad to give up part of his property. So, Chad decided to fight back with the help of the Institute for Justice (IJ) to protect his property rights and the property rights of everyone else in the city.
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