This is the Armys'/DOD's responsibility and since these have to be torn down anyway, they should do it now to eliminate the eyesore they left behind and because of the safety concerns.

Grow up and face reality__the military is not going to pay for anything. They have their own budget problems due to cuts going into effect. They closed the base to consolidate and try to lower their costs___NOT to increase their costs by paying more.

Since the costs of moving to Aberdeen are more than $2 billion more than the false numbers that the Army/DOD gave to BRAC, I doubt their savings plan is working out very well. Regarding Howard Commons, the military either has to have those torn down now or will have to heavily discount the price of the property when sold to a developer.

I live accross from Howard Commons. It's terrible. Broken windows, overgrown grass, some of the roofs and overhangs are falling because recent storms. It's in such a state of disrepair. For safety sake....something needs to be done now!

Wow, If I were the mayor of Eatontown, I wouldn't go around with my thumbs in my armpits bragging that I was the one to approve those gates. Those gates look terrible! They look like something you'd find in a depressed neighborhood.

I think it’s a shame that the Howard Commons will be demolished when there are so many homeless people who could use a place to live. And when more and more poor residents are becoming senior citizens and could use a place to live what a shame. So it doesn’t meet the building / safety code, those units can be repaired & brought up to code for a lot less than the cost of constructing new units. This herewith is a paradigm of the fiscal problems that continue to plague America; we want to tear everything down the existing and put up a new one that cost more.

It is a disgrace what our government is permitted to do with OUR money!! I lived in the Howard Commons Housing from 1993-1999. They were all renovated in 1991 & 1992. Money spent for renovations to board them up 10 years later. WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING!!!
They were not luxury but they were nice and could have easily been brought up to code and modernized. I lived in a 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, living room, family room, dining room, kitchen and laundry room, with central air.
Again, not luxury but to our retired or men and women who served our country, this would could have been an excellent opportunity to be a homeowner in this area.
Do your homework and see the mess that our government leaves behind when they decide to close a base for what they would like us to believe is to "save money".

they could fix it up into low income housing but that will never happen, it will turn into a redevelopment like pier village in long branch that sits empty,$ 500,000 for a 1 bedroom condo that will sit there and collect dust

I drive by Howard Commons on a daily basis. I notice deer roaming inside the fences all of the time. One can only imagine what other wildlife have made the long emtpy housing home. What will happen when all of the housing is demolished ?

Ricky...the re-use plan calls for mixed income housing. For that to happen, the property would/will be sold by the Army to a developer.

bob just stop the commenting already when your contradicting yourself