New homes are under construction at Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood

New homes for soldiers and their families are coming to Fort Leonard Wood. Construction started this month on 56 new homes – 28 duplexes with three or four bedrooms for junior-level officers and their families.

Military and elected officials have been touting the construction of new housing on post for more than five years. The military installation in the Ozarks, southwest of Rolla, has 1,800 homes on base, some built as long ago as the 1960s.

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