The earliest military dependents 'villages were built with funds raised mainly by the National Women's League, headed by the First Lady, Soong May-ling. Later, they were funded by ad hoc donations of various kinds, and most of the land was either public or managed by the Ministry of Education, disbursed free of charge, and the village residents had no land ownership rights.
早期的眷村，主要是由蔣宋美齡擔任主任委員的中華民國婦聯會募款來支應建築經費，隨後則藉著各種臨時的特定捐來支應，而土地則多以公有地或「學產地」等免費支用，眷戶並沒有土地所有權。