Mobile-Home Owners Could Stop Overpaying on Taxes Thanks to Honey Brook Food Pantry

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Image of Debbie and Randy Blough via Alfred Lubano, Philadelphia Inquirer.

Low-income residents of mobile-home parks in Chester County may soon stop overpaying on property taxes thanks to the Honey Brook Food Pantry and its supporters, writes Alfred Lubrano for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Randy Blough, one of the instigators of the possible change, is a Naval Academy graduate and retired nuclear safety inspector. He volunteers at the pantry along with his wife, Debbie, a retired chemist.

When he discovered some people were paying an excess amount in property taxes on their mobile home, he decided to do something about it.

“Mobile homes’ assessments are grossly overestimated,” said Ken Ross, founder of the pantry.

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Blough realized that families were paying taxes based on the assessment of the homes from when they were built nearly three decades ago. So, he found a firm that calculates used mobile-home values to determine their actual value.

He then helped 22 families set up appeals with the Assessment Office of Chester County, which, if successful, could reduce their taxes from $900 to $100.

“If the appeals go through, Randy will be getting $8,000 in savings for those 22 families,” said Ross.

Read more about mobile-home owners and their property taxes in the Philadelphia Inquirer here.

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