Fort Cavazos is tearing down 200+ aging homes in Chaffee Village and building Heritage Heights — new amenities, new playgrounds, a dog park. Barracks modernization runs through 2028. Good news for on-post families, and a long-term anchor for the whole Killeen corridor.
But here's what nobody tells you at the housing office: new on-post housing doesn't change your BAH math off-post.
Your BAH is buying power. Every month you live on-post, that money evaporates — no equity, no appreciation, nothing to show at PCS time.
Off-post in Killeen or Harker Heights, that same BAH is building you a future.
I'm not anti-on-post. For some families it's the right call — short tours, two kids in school, zero hassle. But run both numbers honestly before you sign.
I've watched families buy a $250K house off-post, PCS three years later, and walk away with $40K in equity. Their neighbors on-post walked away with memories.
New playgrounds are nice. Equity is nicer.
Run your numbers — or call me and I'll run them with you.