HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1974-08-14, Page 3CHANGE OF HABITAT Many people are finding mobile home life a viable
alternative to trying to finance a house. Janice Purdon, her husband Bryan, and son
Kenny found that buying a home and putting it in the Brussels park was easier than
trying to buy a house.
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Health Units,
Inspectors say
obile home parks look of the future?
Mobile home parks are no
nger the eyesores they were
e believed to be. Private
ners of the parks are now
eloping them as well-planned
bdivisions,
Not to be left off the
ndwagon, many municipalities
e also jumping into the latest
nd in development.
The village of Brussels started
eh own mobile home park a
ar ago. Five tenants have since
oved in, supplied with all the
rvices necessary for
mfortable living.
Paying $25 a m onth, which
vers cost of rent, taxes and
bage collection, the residents
1 also have good television
eption through a large central
tenna, being constructed by the
lage.
Keeping the park attractive to
public eye is most important
the council. Years ago, after
war, several disorganized
ks sprung up to compensate
the housing shortage, most of
m detracting from the,
ounding area.
Owners of these parks are now
cad to make an extra effort to
p up the appearance of them,
use of past bad feelings.
The Brussels park therefore
s included several rules in their
sing forms, adopted from the
triston Mobile Home Park,
eh they hope will make the
more attractive.
enants are not allowed to
ctany aerials, fences, sheds or
ages without prior approval by
village, To avoid unsightly
s strung about the park,
theslines put up must be the
rella type,
kitting, a cover around the
om of the homes to make
m look more permanent, must
be put on,
The individual homes
mselves , however, pose a
problem. Clerk Bill King said that
while there are no firm standards
to meet, it is hoped that trailers
that are in poor shape, may be
controlled.
Tenants in, -the Brussels Park
must do all the maintenance work
themselves. In private parks,
outside work like lawn cutting and
snow removal is usually done for
the tenants, thus attracting many
senior citizens to move in,
according to Len Hoffman. of
Bendix Home Systems, Ltd.,
Hensall, which builds many
trailer homes.
The park in Brussels was
started in hopes of drawing the
mobile homes in the village
together. A by-law in Brussels
restricts any trailer moving onto
'property in the village, but allows
for present trailer owners to
remain where they have already
settled.
This restriction of individual
homes in municipalities is helping
the mobile home parks get
established all over Ontario. In
larger cities, such as Toronto, it is
difficult to find a vacant lot in a
park. In a recent article the Globe
and Mail said that one
Torontonian couple ended up in
Barrie with their unit.
In Brussels, the park only has
capacity for 10 homes. Mr. King
did say that there- are other
possible sites in the village should
the demand become greater.
George Roma.nik, owner of
Heritage Estates Mobile Home.-
Park, located outside of Seaforth
has room for 32 homes, with only
nine occupied since its creation a
year ago.
He is not surprised the
response has not been great at his
park, despite similar by-laws
restricting -the homes from
moving into Seaforth. He said it
was expected since the area is hot
a fastgrowing one.
The Ontario government
If certain policies recom-
mended by the Ontario health
planning task force are put into
effect they will disrupt county
health unit teams, prpvincial
health inspectors said in a
statement released last week.
The statement is a reply to the
report, called the Mustard report
after task force chairman Dr. 3.F.
Mustard, which recommends
sweeping changes in the
structure of public health care.
Jim MX aul, chief public
health inspector for Huron
County, was on the committee
which drafted the reply.
The reply said that although
costs could be reduced by separa-
ting the functions of the medical
officer of health, health'
inspectors and public health
nurses, it would "sever good
lines of co-operation and
communication."
'It is a distinct advantage for
citizen to apply to one agency for
total health care, information or
, assistance at a local level,' the
report said.
"The health team is vital in
times of -disaster or danger," it
said.
The inspectors also recommend
that a set of guidelines for health.
inspection should be given to
District Health Councils as
important items to be imple-
mented once the council's are
formed.
The Mustard report
recommends that several district
health councils be created to
administer public health policies.
Huron County would be
included in a district with Oxford,
Elgin, Middlesex and Perth.
Counties.
Medical officers of health in
these and other counties' in the
, province must retain power to use
the Public Health Act regulations
when necessary, the health,
inspectors said.'
A medical officer's ability "to
act quickly with unimpeded
authority to promote public health
is essential", their reply said.
The inspectors said that they do
their work best under the direc-
tion of an MOH.
The ' health inspectors'
committee has offered to meet
with the minister of health, the .
Hon. Frank Miller, to discuss
their views in more detail.
The health minister has asked
municipalities and other bodies
that would be affected' if the
Mustard Report is implemented
to draft reactions and replies(to it.
recognizes the place these parks
will hold in the future of housing.
A report, yet to be released, has
been prepared by the Ministry of
Housing on mobile home parks,
in response to the Comay report
on housing released last year.
That report recommended that
the government "encourage the
development of mobile homes as
a component of the total housing
supply.
The Ministry of
Intergovernmental Affairs is also
working on the mobile home
question. Jean Downing, a senior
planner said that while the
ministry is working towards
permanent parks, there is no
guarantee that it will become
legislation.
She blames the individual
municipalities attitudes for the
possible lack of support in
government.
Maybe it's time you
jumped into something
more demanding
than a car pools
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