Military Growth  l  Real Estate Data

Okaloosa County, Florida...

"Top-Ten Best Places
to Live in America"
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Okaloosa County offers vast opportunities in commercial and residential real estate. Its diversified characteristics meet the various needs of our growing community.

Whether you are building, renovating, leasing, selling or buying Okaloosa businesses can do it all!

75% of the population own their own home.
 

Military Growth

The EDC and the business leaders of Okaloosa County continue to focus on affordable workforce housing within Okaloosa County.  The EDC formed the  Essential Workforce Housing Initiative to include Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties as well as Eglin AFB and Hurlburt Field.  This initiative is addressing the current housing needs as well as the needs of the anticipated influx of military personnel and their families.

BRAC and workforce housing in Okaloosa County!

As a realtor, you can assist your communities as well as your clients with a better understanding of the military process and growth issues.  To assist you in this process, provided is a National Realtors Association comprehensive and easy to understand publication: A REALTORS Guide to Military Base Closure, Realignment and Encroachment.

Eglin AFB reports being able to accommodate 20% of the 5,000+ military personnel moving to the area as a result of the BRAC realignments.  The other 80% will need to live in the civilian communities; our cities and towns.

The EDC and its Defense Support Initiative have partnered with the Workforce Development Board for Okaloosa and Walton Counties in their BRAC Transition Council in developing their Welcome to Northwest Florida website in support of military families.  During this process it has been identified that the Army Special Forces families will have a unique need when they relocate to Okaloosa County in 2011; they will require temporary housing with kitchenettes while they search for their permanent homes.  The Army families, over 2,000, will move to Okaloosa County in roughly four phases between April and September 2011.  That is a large influx of families into the area and the local military bases are not able to provide the needed temporary lodging when they locate here and are home searching. 

If you have a rental property with a kitchenette to lease to a military family please visit the AHRN website and enter your property information.

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Real Estate Data

Permits or inspections can now be researched on Okaloosa County’s web site: http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/dept_growth_mgmt.html

Military Growth  l  Real Estate Data