LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Tenants at a Lubbock mobile home park have water after going more than two weeks without it following a justice of the peace’s threat to jail the property owner, Austin Hughes.
On Oct. 9, a City of Lubbock environmental health inspector visited the mobile home park and cited violations including surfacing sewage, an overflowing dumpster and standing water in the pool, according to a report obtained by the KCBD Investigates team. The inspector documented that water to the park would be turned off until Thunder Sun could fix the underlying sewage issues.
Tenant seeks legal help
The problem has become familiar for tenant Ida Bosque, who first reported water and electricity shut-offs to the KCBD Investigates Team in January. Months later, Bosque said the park still has issues, which is why she contacted Adam Pirtle, a staff attorney with Legal Aid of Northwest Texas.
“We were just tired of being without water and going someplace else to take a shower or going to a laundry mat to wash clothes,” Bosque said…