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    "deck": "About 2,500 more active-duty service members are headed to JBER, and most of their families will be shopping the same Anchorage rental market you are.",
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    "body_md": "Anchorage is bracing for roughly 2,500 more active-duty service members headed to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, known as JBER, along with their families, according to figures presented to the Anchorage Assembly. Younger troops will live in dorms on base, but most family members will be competing for homes and apartments across the Anchorage rental market.\n\nHousing allowances for those families range from $1,700 to about $4,100 a month depending on rank and family size, averaging around $2,350. The average Anchorage two-bedroom rental, with utilities, runs about $1,700 a month, meaning military housing dollars will often outbid what local renters typically pay.\n\nAssembly members raised concerns during the briefing. One asked what happens if incoming families cannot find a place to live. Another said that much subsidized demand entering an already stressed market should concern the community.\n\nCity estimates show the new arrivals will need roughly 2,500 additional homes and apartments by 2030, ranging from two-bedroom units up to four-bedroom or larger homes.\n\nThe military could spend more than $2 billion on JBER next year alone, but the Department of Defense currently has no funding set aside to build housing off base. Meanwhile, the average Anchorage home already costs about $481,000, up 42 percent over the past ten years.",
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    "summary": "Roughly 2,500 more active-duty service members and their families are headed to JBER, with housing allowances averaging $2,350 a month, compared to a $1,700 average Anchorage two-bedroom rent. The Anchorage Assembly estimates the region will need about 2,500 more homes by 2030, with no Defense Department funding yet for off-base housing.",
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      "City estimates roughly 2,500 more homes and apartments will be needed by 2030",
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        "a": "About 2,500 more active-duty service members are headed to JBER, along with their families. Younger troops will live in dorms on base, but most families will be renting out in the community.",
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        "a": "It ranges from $1,700 to about $4,100 a month depending on rank and family size, averaging around $2,350. That is well above the roughly $1,700 average rent for a two-bedroom Anchorage apartment with utilities.",
        "q": "How much is the military housing allowance?"
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        "a": "Not yet settled. The Anchorage Assembly estimates about 2,500 more homes and apartments will be needed by 2030, and members have raised concerns about where arriving families will live.",
        "q": "Will there be enough housing for incoming families?"
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        "a": "Not right now. The military could spend more than $2 billion on JBER next year alone, but the Department of Defense currently has no funding earmarked for housing construction off base.",
        "q": "Is there federal money to build housing for these families?"
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