Councilmember Doug Shaffer said he would be unhappy if someone placed these types of homes on the empty lot next to his house, prompting Mrs. Larson to say the homes are of better quality than the ones already in town. Noting one will be a multi-section home, Mrs. Larson said, “It’s going to be taken off the wheels. it’s going to be skirted and it’s going to look a heck of a lot better than the trash that’s sitting across the street.”
Shaffer said it would affect his property values, and once you let one in then you have to let in others, according to c-bstatesman. Mills also said, no matter what the home is called, “if it’s on a frame, you roll it up in here, it’s a mobile home and everybody’s going to call it that,” adding that it would be taking a step backward for the city. “I believe we’re going to be going backwards by reversing a decision that a previous council thought was important, that I think is important,” said Mills. The council unanimously denied the request.
As MHProNews reported May 18, 2015, neighboring Smith County has 17,000 MH, including Tyler, Texas, which is less than 50 miles east of Brownsboro. ##
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