Military families work to find affordable housing across Tampa [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. — Our military stationed at MacDill Air Force Base don’t necessarily work and live there. For many, it’s a choice not to live there, but some families are forced to wait until housing that fits their needs on the installation becomes available.

The Lovdahl family says home is where the Air Force sends them.

“17 years and 9 moves,” Typhany Lovdahl said.

She and her husband have four children from kindergarten to high school. The couple has rented, lived in military quarters and bought homes over the years.

“The major [deciding] factor is, do they have a house big enough for us?” she said.

The family moved from Texas to Tampa.

“They pretty much told us, like, ‘Yeah, you’ll probably leave here before you get offered a house,’” she said.

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