Is there housing sitting empty on closed military bases?

[hedgehog]

There have been a lot of base closings around here. Is all that housing sitting empty and waiting to house hurricane refugees?

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I would be willing to bet there is empty base housing VERY close to NO.

Louisiana
Major Installations

Army

* Fort Polk

Navy & Marine Corps

* Camp Beauregard
* Naval Air Station Naval Support Activity

Coast Guard

* Eighth District
* Group New Orleans
* Marine Safety Office Morgan City
* Marine Safety Office New Orleans
* Air Station New Orleans

Air Force

* Barksdale AFB

Texas
Major Installations

Army

* Fort Bliss
* Red River Army Depot
* Fort Hood
* Fort Sam Houston/Camp Bullis
* Ingleside Army Depot

Navy & Marine Corps

* Corpus Christi Naval Air Station/Naval Hospital/Naval Station
* Kingsville Naval Air Station

Air Force

* Randolph AFB
* Brooks City Base
* Lackland AFB
* Sheppard AFB
* Air Force Plant 4 (formerly Carswell AFB)
* Dyess AFB
* Goodfellow AFB
* Laughlin AFB

Coast Guard

* Group Corpus Christi
* Group Galveston
* Marine Safety Office Galveston
* Marine Safety Office Houston
* Marine Safety Office Port Arthur
* Air Station Corpus Christi
* Air Station Houston
* Vessel Traffic Service Houston/Galveston

Mississippi

Major Installations

Army

* Camp Shelby

Navy & Marine Corps

* Gulfport Naval Const Bn Center
* Meridian NAS
* Pascagoula NAS

Coast Guard

* National Data Bouy Center

Air Force

* Columbus AFB
* Keesler AFB

Alabama
Major Installations

Army

* Fort McClellan
* Anniston Army Depot
* Redstone Arsenal
* Fort Rucker

Air Force

* Gunter Annex
* Maxwell AFB

Coast Guard

* Group Mobile
* Marine Safety Office Mobile
* Aviation Training Center Mobile

[Freedomfried]

2. Good idea

You can bet they haven't thought of it though.

[Dudley_DUright]

5. Probably so,

but it is the first thing I thought of, and I am a civilian.

[rzemanfl]

3. The Badger Army Ammunition plant in Baraboo, WI is vacant,

huge and empty. I have no idea what kind of shape it is in.

[hedgehog]

4. My sister and her family lived in Army housing at the Seneca depot .

That base was closed, but if the housing is still empty it would be a real step up from the Superdome.

[TBreeze]

6. My sister asked

me last night about the ranch in Crawford. She said since * isn't using it, why couldn't they use that land as at least a temporary place while they figure out where people are going. And he spent all that time clearing brush. :eyes: Think he'd offer up his own place? :grr:

[davsand]

7. Sure there is.

However, a lot of local governments don't want the social services and local government burden that comes with opening those up to refugees. Local schools' budgets may be overwhelmed with new kids entering into the district, and Section 8 housing programs will be exhausted.

Additionally, there are some of those places that are not compliant with building codes of today and there is a fear of opening them up. To cite one example, here locally, we have a closed AFB (Chanute) that has a vacant hospital facility as well as multiple dorms that are empty. They all have some form of asbestos insulation or lead based paint in them...

I'm not saying it is RIGHT, but that is how it is.


Laura