Originally, the area occupied by the community was crowded with unlicensed buildings consisting mainly of ramshackle huts which housed 2,000 people.
眷區中的太太們多半做點副業，先生們的薪水也逐年在調整，孩子們漸漸長大，生活不再像往年那樣艱難。而生活環境改善最重大、最具體的外力，則是台北市政府開始實施「南清計畫」，大力整建軍眷住宅，改善髒亂環境，並成立專業機構負責興建現代化國民住宅。