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There’s a home for sale in my neighborhood that was sold last year to a group home called the head injury Association. From what I gathered nothing could really be done against it and a lot of neighbors are upset at the thought of having a group home in the area.
Up until now, although house was bought last year they never moved in. They simply cut the lawn. They recently realized the house for an extra hundred thousand more but it doesn’t seem like that’s gonna happen.
A neighbor approached me to ask if I would be willing to sign a petition against having a house there. I pretty much assumed nothing can be done about it but what recourse is to neighbors have?
Well I’m not 100% against the idea....I can see a quiet home being of some benefit, however people against it talk about how it can become an eyesore.
Is it possible to successfully get the town to stop them from moving in?
There’s a home for sale in my neighborhood that was sold last year to a group home called the head injury Association. From what I gathered nothing could really be done against it and a lot of neighbors are upset at the thought of having a group home in the area.
Up until now, although house was bought last year they never moved in. They simply cut the lawn. They recently realized the house for an extra hundred thousand more but it doesn’t seem like that’s gonna happen.
A neighbor approached me to ask if I would be willing to sign a petition against having a house there. I pretty much assumed nothing can be done about it but what recourse is to neighbors have?
Well I’m not 100% against the idea....I can see a quiet home being of some benefit, however people against it talk about how it can become an eyesore.
Is it possible to successfully get the town to stop them from moving in?
Classic nimby jerks. There is a group home in my neighborhood. No one would EVER know it's anything but a regular house. Nice house too, well kept, never an issue in 25 years. None, zip, nada.
How much are you as a taxpayer willing to take on to subsidize the inevitable lawsuit against the Town when it tries to deny an otherwise completely legal building use?
Facilities like this are typically regulated by the State. If they are not changing the established use of the property (dwelling) by overcrowding or making changes that would make it anything physically different from a single-family dwelling, the Town has no power to stop the use.
The time to act was before the sale. And if they're coming to mow the lawn, seems like they are committed to taking care of it. Be glad it's not a rehab.
I agree it’s nimbyism. Like I said, in my mind, a house with two or three head trauma patients it’s a lot quieter than a house throwing parties.
But my nimby neighbor was concerned that if the house sells again to a rehab house, then it would really be up the creek.
If you know who is buying/leasing, their website will tell you what they do. YAI and TBI are both good agencies and will be fine neighbors. Neither are "rehabs" in the substance abuse sense. They offer "community habilitation" (ie group home) for those who are capable of that kind of supported living arrangement, plus lots of other services.
But my nimby neighbor was concerned that if the house sells again to a rehab house, then it would really be up the creek.
Selling to a rehab is an option for any homeowner, not just another association. He better move into a bunker or somewhere with some acreage if he's so concerned about completely hypothetical future neighbors that may never exist.
Few bad apples spoil the bunch.
Many of these homes exist and nobody even has a clue.
Yeah there’s been a few that became problematic, but the majority of them are a non issue.
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