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Key Findings

• Service members choose to live on-base primarily for economic reasons.
• The preference for on-base housing is driven by the perceived gap between the local market value of government housing and the allowances provided for those who occupy civilian quarters.
• While service members consider the traditional benefits of military housing (e.g., support, cohesiveness) useful to families in general, they do not regard them as decisive in choosing whether to live on- or off-base.
• Fewer military families than civilian families own homes; when renting, both spend about the same proportion of their salaries on housing.