Lake Oswego Schools Considering Condemnation of Church Property

Lake Oswego School District considers using eminent domain to seize church property

The Lake Oswego School District is considering using eminent domain — a legal power that allows governments to take private property for public use — to seize property owned by a local church.

Lake Oswego schools considering condemnation of church property

SouthLake Church recently bought the property across from Lakeridge High School.

Lake Oswego School District Reviewing Eminent Domain Claim after Unsuccessful Bid on Property Across from Lakeridge High

Lake Oswego School District Board Meeting 8/10/26LAKE OSWEGO, OR – The Lake Oswego school board declares a building across Lakeridge High “a public necessity”. The district may seize it from a local church, using eminent domain. The SouthLake Church closed on the property Jul. 13, despite the school district’s higher bid. District officials offered again to buy it from the church, but after it refused, the school board started discussing eminent…