JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Commanding Brigadier General Benjamin Watson is asking lawmakers for $3.6 Billion dollars to repair Camp Lejeune, New River, and Cherry Point.

But that number does not include base housing at the three installations, where nearly 4,000 homes were impacted by Florence.

• Months after Hurricane Florence, thousands of homes at Camp Lejeune still remain to be fixed.
• Nearly 4,000 military homes were damaged at Lejeune.
• Fixes aren't expected to be complete until December.

17,934 military families live on the three bases, where Atlantic Marine Corps Communities is the main provider of 6,182 homes. 

The Chief Operating Officer for Lendlease, Phillip Carpenter, says Atlantic Marine Corps Communities, a private company in partnership with DOD, hired more than 500 contractors to fix the 3,818 damaged homes they operate.

 “We're about 40 percent complete as of today with damaged houses. We'll be done with all our roofs this Summer. And we should be complete with all work December,” says Carpenter.

Carpenter says AMCC staff reevaluated all 6,182 homes within ten days of Florence and relocated 629 families in immediate danger. But the rest are living with damage, awaiting repairs, and receiving a $250 monthly housing allowance rebate.

Carpenter says the cost of the repairs is still unknown until it is settled with insurance.

Senator Thom Tillis is the chair of a senate probe next week to address concerns from military families from across the nation, on if the privatized housing companies are acting in the best interest of the military families they serve.

His office released the following statement:

“Senator Tillis has heard very troubling stories from service-members and families from across North Carolina’s military installations about safety hazards in their homes. We should be doing all that we can to ensure that no Soldier, Airman, Sailor, Marine or their families have to worry about the safety of their homes while already volunteering to defend our freedoms. Senator Tillis plans to conduct rigorous oversight throughout the course of the upcoming year, and he will chair a hearing next week that will feature testimony from military families who have faced personal hardship due to housing issues.”

AMCC says they are currently taking applications for future residents and hope to have people start moving in within the next few months. They will give priority housing options to those living in damaged homes.