Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 1206
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 496
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Published: 1963
Total Pages: 574
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ryan Reft
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9781321138122
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The Metropolitan Military" examines military family housing from 1941 to 2000 and argues post-World War II militarization shaped the processes of suburbanization and urbanization and concepts regarding citizenship. During the 1950s and 60s, real estate interests and municipalities opposed military housing on the grounds that it threatened segregation, promoted socialism, and competed unfairly with private business. After a decade of economic turmoil and tax revolts, individual homeowners took the lead by the late 1970s, opposing military housing in their communities and arguing it overburdened public infrastructure, notably schools, lowered municipal revenues, diminished property values, and spread social dysfunction. Even as homeowners demanded more property rights, welfare obligations shifted from the state to the individual, meaning public services contracted leaving homeowners and others to replace this infrastructure with their own efforts and finances. As a result, this applied further pressure to middle- and working-class homeowners. Homeowners/taxpayers became powerful political players in metropolitan debates, claiming racial innocence and privilege through the language of free markets. In so doing, free marketers unselfconsciously ignored state and federal interventions into the housing market. It was the shift to an all-volunteer military in 1973 that utterly transformed the debate about military housing, however. With the recruitment of more minorities and women, homeowner anxieties reached critical and ultimately transformative new heights. Repeatedly, homeowners highlighted the way quasi-single parent families - the unavoidable result of overseas deployment - failed to align with suburban norms. Race, class, and gender shaped property owners' ideas about "appropriate," "desirable," and "stable" families, resulting in a more cohesive effort to exclude or marginalize military housing in their communities. Through case studies in San Diego, CA, Hampton Roads, VA, Charleston, SC, and Washington D.C., I argue that while opposition to military housing existed prior to 1973, the shift to an all volunteer military in the context of New Right economic, social, and political influences, resulted in increasingly pitched protest as citizenship came to be determined by economic variables such as contributions to local tax revenue and homeownership status.
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Published: 1967
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Elizabeth S. Unger
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Published: 1984
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The purpose of this report is to give a general description of the acquisition process of Navy Family Housing and to examine the use of factory-built housing in meeting the needs fo the Navy. The acquisition of Navy Family Housing can be broken down into several phases for programming and acquisition. The current housing situation for the military, the White House administration, the Congressional attitude, and the economic conditions of the nation all influence the policies and decisions made concerning navy Housing. Over the years, military housing has evolved into a form of entitlement. In the 1800's, the need to provide quarters for military families was recognized; a quarters allowance was established based upon a percentage of total pay. After World War II, the increase in the number of military families brought about an increased demand for military housing far in excess of supply. Congress funded several housing programs through the 1950's and 1960's. The current inventory of Navy Housing is now over 76,000 units worldwide. The objective of the Navy Family Housing program is to provide adequate, economical housing to eligible military personnel and their families by first utilizing community resources and then providing government quarters as required. Therefore, the purpose of the program is not a provide government quarters to all Navy families. However, housing is needed as a morale and retention factor, as a service at remote locations, and as a support function for certain mission-oriented activities.