The Comfort population is approximately 3,000 people. That number could double if a proposed TCEQ wastewater permit is approved.

Homeowners in Comfort are learning about tentative plans by a developer to bring in more than 1,100 homes.

The Comfort 590 development by Lennar Homes seeks to build a high-density community just three miles north of Comfort.

However, neighbors in Comfort are rallying to oppose this development.

It began in November, when just a handful of property owners were notified by the TCEQ about a permit request to construct a wastewater treatment plant on the property.

Roy Die lives across the street from that property and quickly began to find out more about it. So far, there’s no formal purchase of land or talks with county officials, he says.

However, it has man

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