In Glendale, Arizona, new manufactured homes have received the green light. For some residents, that presents an issue.
According to Your West Valley, the planning commission approved the proposal for 21 manufactured homes as part of the Campana Trails community.
The homes will sit on five and a half vacant acres in the city.
“We have worked very closely with the city on this development as well as the neighborhood,” said applicant William Dougherty.
“We’ve complied with the city’s requirements to the full extent. We think truthfully we’ve done a pretty good job creating a tough property into a pretty one.”
Some nearby residents disagree with Dougherty’s position.
“Will the new homes be age-restricted? Because younger people will bring more noise and crime,” asked Rafael Livneh.
“I’ve been here for almost two years,” said Carol Candler, who believes the homes will affect her by bringing additional traffic.
“I was told at the time the property will never be developed because it is in a flood plain. That’s the reason why I bought it.”
Candler also asked if the homes would be age restricted. If not, she said that she opposes the development.
Dougherty said that he is currently investigating whether the new homes will be part of the existing HOA and be age-restricted.
The development will also devote about 15 percent of the site for open space and will provide pedestrian access to Skunk Creek Trail, an important thoroughfare.
NIMBY Strikes Again?
In most instances, inaccurate information and misconceptions about manufactured housing communities leads to cases of NIMBY (Not-In-My-Back-Yard).
As Daily Business News readers are aware, stories pitting developers against residents have been in the news recently, including the case of a proposed MHC in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.
Also, instances of “backdoor NIMBY,” where politicians, and the residents who reelect them, seem to know that developments bring more tax revenue than manufactured home communities, are also prevalent, most recently shown in Palm Beach County, Florida. ##
(Editor’s Note: as regular MHLivingNews readers know, manufactured home communities are not more crime prone than other neighborhoods. Who says? the university professor in a study, see the article with download, linked here and from the image below.)
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Submitted by RC Williams to the Daily Business News for MHProNews.
