Yes, subsidence can and frequently does stop completely once the root environmental or engineering cause of the ground movement has been successfully identified and permanently resolved. For instance, if subsidence was triggered by nearby thirsty trees drying out shrinking clay soils, removing or pollarding those trees allows the soil moisture levels to stabilize and halts the sinking process. Similarly, repairing a broken underground drainage pipe that was washing away foundational earth will stop the erosion. When natural stabilization is insufficient, artificial engineering interventions like structural underpinning permanently lock the foundations into stable, load-bearing strata below the active soil zone, permanently arresting the downward movement.
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