Usufruct

In Louisianan, that means 'eminent domain':

Officials and community advocates are quietly planting the seeds for an enterprising program that could give the government temporary control over thousands of privately owned homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

An increasing number of Louisiana housing authorities believe the proposal, based on an arcane legal concept called "usufruct," could be a key to determining whether New Orleans will again be a seminal American city or whether it will stagnate with a population, like it has now, equal to that of Duluth, Minn., and Fort Smith, Ark.

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Kim Hunter Reed, director of policy and planning for Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, also welcomed the proposal and said it could prove invaluable in addressing the historic shortage of affordable housing in New Orleans — a dilemma that was compounded exponentially by Katrina.

The grab is on.

(Via the Dead Pelican.)