Housing Costs Can Create A Crisis For Military Families: AVP’S Housing Awareness Campaign

Housing Costs Can Create A Crisis For Military Families: AVP’S Housing Awareness Campaign

It’s that time of year, but we’re not talking about Thanksgiving, we’re talking about Veterans Day! Yes, we’re thankful for all their service, but we’re concerned about the housing crisis faced by military families. American Veteran Properties is a local veteran owned company and we’re launching an advocacy campaign to raise awareness of the housing crisis. We’re seeking emergency funding from the Department of Defense for active military families at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield. 

At American Veteran Properties, we feel a responsibility to help take care of our military service members. We’ve been in the service, and we understand the challenges that entails. We are extremely concerned about the discrepancy between Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) in Hinesville and the cost of housing for families. Every day, more military families at Fort Stewart are living in RVs or hotels or expensive short-term rentals, doubling up with two families living in single family homes and struggling to make ends meet. Sometimes there isn’t room on base for military families to live. In that case, the government offers a housing allowance. However, that housing allowance doesn’t cover the cost of housing in the current market. 

The recent inflation of the housing market means that the cost of homes for sale and rental prices have skyrocketed. Therefore, the average rental prices in Hinesville, GA are now just under $1,800 a month and the average mortgage on a small home is $2,100. By comparison, military families in Beaufort, South Carolina, which is home to the Marine Air Station (MCAS) and was one of the 28 military bases across the USA awarded the BAH emergency increase last month, is in a much better position. 

This advocacy campaign is being launched to help our troops afford local housing through increasing their BAH to appropriate levels. We can all promote this campaign by contacting Congressman Buddy Carter or your Home of Record Congressperson. AVP will not receive any financial gain from this campaign. Our only goal is to help local military service members. 

"Every day our agents see military families struggling with lack of affordable housing. We are not seeking to profit from this campaign but to encourage congress to grant Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield the BAH emergency increase through this advocacy and education campaign. Our military naturally has other priorities than teaching service members how to leverage their home loan and BAH to their benefit. In fact, if used recklessly, these can lead to financial instability and foreclosure, which is why we are offering any service member access to our free ‘Fatigues to Financial Freedom’ educational seminars.” 

To contact Congressman Buddy Carter, Georgia’s first district representative, visit www.buddycarter.house.gov/contact/. For more information on writing to Congress or to find your local representative, please visit www.congress.gov/contact-us. For more information about American Veteran Properties and to register for the free seminar, please visit www.americanveteranproperties.com/fatigues-to-financial-freedom .  

American Veteran Properties is a full-service real estate agency which offers the highest quality advice and support for military members to make the best decision for themselves and their families, in addition to helping military members enjoy homeownership while building and growing personal wealth. For more information, please visit www.americanveteranproperties.com or give us a call at 912-385-3000. We’re here to help both military service members and Hinesville community members with all their real estate needs.

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