That kind of negates the whole concept of private property.
They didn't like his rotting porch, so they figured they'd smash in his door with a sledgehammer to make his property more presentable? Sorry, no sale.
Read it and spin it the way you want - I couldn't stop you from doing it anyways. Seems to me they were probably also upset about the court hearings and subpoenas he missed as well. As far as the concept of private property, should we also consider the concept of social responsibility - i.e., maintaining your house and property within certain health and safety standards?
Nah, forget that.
I’ve got news for you, in a lot of places you cannot store more than 5 gallons of fuel in your garage, cannot unilaterally add a second storey to your home, cannot park a vehicle in your front yard, cannot raise chickens in your backyard, cannot raise goats in your back yard, cannot have more than 3 dogs, cannot have more than 3 rabbits, cannot have ham radio towers, cannot have any vehicles visible from the street that remain unmoved for more than 72 hours, cannot have weeds higher than 18 inches or a yard that is untended for more than one month, there are other things I haven’t mentioned and probably a bunch I don’t even know about.
Anyway, if you think that just because you shell out an obscene amount of dollars for a property that you can do whatever you want with it, you are mistaken.