Jen G says:
May 28, 2011 at 8:06 pm

Housing on installation?
Some of the housing is really old and small, the new ones are duplexes Housing off installation?
One of the most prized subdivisions is Highland Point. It is filled mostly with CGSC students, with some permanent party and a handful of civilians (most of which are retired military). Really nice neighborhood that feeds the Lansing schools. Buying/renting is reasonable. This neighborhood is basically a straight shot to post taking 10th street.


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Kathy T says:
April 7, 2011 at 6:56 am

Housing on installation?

Most of housing is older but it is slowly being torn down and newer housing being put up which is nice. Service was good when Hubby lived there- he moved out when we got married so I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m not sure about the inspection or wait time.

Housing off installation?

Lots of housing around post and in Weston, Platte City, Lansing and over by Zona Rosa/airport area. Minimal traffic to work- alot of people live off post and can commute to work within 20-30 minutes.


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Heather T says:
April 7, 2011 at 6:54 am

Housing on installation?

We live off-post, but there is a great deal of housing on-post available. There are several brand new areas.

Housing off installation?

There is a lot of rental here. We live in Shenandoah the Ridge and there are a lot of military families here. Right now, there are 11 houses that will be available for rent this summer. It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s about $1600 for most 3-4 bedroom homes. They seem to be on par with an O-4 BAH with dependents. Kansas City is about 25-30 minutes and people live there, too.


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Sharon Stepp says:
January 26, 2011 at 11:52 pm

We moved into Fort Leavenworth base housing in August 2010. We were fortunate enough to move into the newer housing units due to our ADA status. We have a disabled (autistic) son and so we were able to move up to the top of all housing lists, including officer housing because of his disability status. My husband is an E7.

Fort LVN is very much an ?¢‚Ǩ?ìofficer?¢‚Ǩ¬ù oriented base. The upside to this is that with the CGSC classes continually rotating new classes in and out during the December/January and June-August months housing is continually becoming available. In December we watched the moving trucks roll in and currently there are over 20 homes on our street alone unoccupied. I have seen new residents come in over the last couple of weeks, however not as many as we saw move out.

They have just completed construction on a new set of homes within the last 2 weeks, with additional construction to come, so the possibility of nicer, newer housing continues to be available. My son?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s elementary teacher told me that the student transfer in/out ratio is 50% in January and August.

The base itself is smaller, but very nice. Leavenworth itself doesn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t have a lot to offer however within 20 minutes drive you have many options available for shopping, entertainment, and dining.

Maintainence is generally quick and they have gone out of their way for us a couple of times.

The historic homes, cemetary, and general history of the base are fascinating with some incredible buildings and structures to see.

Bring a snow shovel!?¢‚Ǩ¬¶the snow loves us here.


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Ms.Tamara says:
July 15, 2010 at 10:40 am

there really isn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t a waitlist. Many people I know including myself have been able to get a house the day of our housing appointment. we lived in JR. NCO housing. It was one of the rennovated ones and it was pretty nice. For us it had a lot of rooms. Most of the backyards are fenced in. Maintance staff are great. Never had a problem with them. They will even fix thing that wasn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t called in.


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Melissa Reed says:
June 7, 2010 at 3:50 pm

Ah, housing. At this base, it really depends on your rank. There are many nice, new houses being built on post, mostly for the ranks of Field Grade Officers. Because this base houses CAC and the Command and General Staff college, there are many, many officers here going to various military schools. Most of the officers homes are incredibly nice, there are the older historic homes, or the newly built ones. For the company grade officers, there are a few nice housing areas, but many of the older student houses are smaller and in need of a good remodeling, which they are slated to get in the next few years. As for the enlisted houses. There is very little of it. The base also houses the United States Disciplinary Barracks, which has the units with the majority of enlisted personnel from the base, and they just doubled their strength with the addition of a new battalion and the first ever corrections Brigade being formed. There is one housing area for the junior enlisted soldiers, which isn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t horribly bad, they are three bedroom older town homes, some have been upgraded a bit, they have hardwood floors, but that housing area is also where the Bachelor Officers can be housed. Officers without their families can live there alone or have 1-2 other roommates in those same housing areas. There is also another housing area which houses the junior enlisted and junior NCO?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s. They are tri-plex and quadraplex homes with one car garages. I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t think they are all that nice and the neighborhoods seem sort of run down, but, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve seen worse. There is one other similar neighborhood for Junior NCO?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s and Senior NCO?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s, but in a different area of base. There is a few other Senior NCO housing areas, scattered among some officers housing areas, and one street of newer homes that are really nice. Get on the housing list as soon as possible (you can submit an application online through the yardiportals system: https://www.yardiasp.com/1444army/portal/optionpage.aspx).

As for housing off post, the town of Leavenworth is not that great, there are MANY areas to stay away from. My personal rule of thumb is if it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s not in a subdivision, don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t rent or buy it, but to be in a subdivision means being farther away from the base or in the town of Lansing. The rental rates for the subdivision homes are usually pretty steep in rent, as this areas rental market is largely based on the Officers BAH rate for those coming to the school here, so many enlisted soldiers end up moving to areas like Platte City, Missouri, Atchison, KS or even Kansas City, itself to find something safe and affordable. An average home rental in Leavenworth is about $1,000- $1,500 for a 3 bedroom in a nice area.

Here?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s the link to base housing:

http://ftleavenworthfamilyhousing.com/

And a site with some more links to more housing information and off post rentals: http://garrison.leavenworth.army.mil?¢‚Ǩ¬¶rs/housing.asp


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