{"id":3209,"date":"2010-11-12T09:46:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T14:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3209"},"modified":"2010-11-12T10:10:32","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T15:10:32","slug":"morning-read-the-sequel-housing-crunch-at-drum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2010\/11\/12\/morning-read-the-sequel-housing-crunch-at-drum\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning read, the sequel: Housing crunch at Drum?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Watertown Daily Times is reporting<\/a> the greater Fort Drum region could face a sharper housing crunch in 2012, when all of the post’s brigades are scheduled to be at home:<\/p>\n

Among the 18,500 soldiers, the largest bloc is three brigade combat teams, each with 3,500 soldiers. Even in a situation after 2012 where there’s a large deployment and one of those teams is overseas, fully 16 percent \u2014 or 560 soldiers \u2014 would be required to remain at Fort Drum under the new policy. And of those who do deploy, 75 percent of their family members are expected to stay in the north country, according to the Army’s report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At Fort Drum last summer, Army Secretary John McHugh said his goal is to make “dwell time” – the period between deployments – two years for every one year overseas.\u00a0 That would mean more soldiers in Jefferson County at any given time.\u00a0 Currently, many troops barely have one year dwell time before they’re shipped off to the next deployment.<\/p>\n

The Fort Drum housing crunch fear<\/a> first surfaced in 2005, when George Pataki was Governor<\/a>.\u00a0 It was expected to crest in 2007<\/a>.\u00a0 But it never really did.<\/a><\/p>\n

While Fort Drum’s population exploded from 2003-2006, at least one of the 10th Mountain Division’s brigades has been in Iraq or Afghanistan pretty much constantly.\u00a0 The soldiers go to fight.\u00a0 Many of their families go back home (many to the South).<\/p>\n

The U.S. has drawn down troops in Iraq, and may begin doing so slowly in Afghanistan next year.\u00a0 Perhaps the housing squeeze may finally become a reality.<\/p>\n

If that’s the case, you have to hope local, county, and state officials are prepared – not just for military families, but for low income people displaced by the soldiers.\u00a0 They’ve had half a decade to prepare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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