If the government were smart, they'd pay well over the blue-book value of the property, to torpedo the legitimacy of arguments like Amanda's (which has been true in the past. Not sure if they wised up and are paying more nowadays or not).
yeah, it's still fucked up to lose a house you don't want to sell/leave, but if it's worth 1.2 million and you get 2 million for it, that eases the sting. and it's not like the government can't afford the bonus pay when they're doing this for deep-pocketed corporations like Wal-Mart anyway.