[CPEO-MEF] HOUSING: "Senators take aim at military housing problems in annual budget bill"

[Lenny Siegel]

Senators take aim at military housing problems in annual budget bill

By Leo Shane III
Military Times
May 21, 2019

Senate Armed Services Committee members will include a host of new privatized housing rules and reforms in their annual defense authorization bill this year, including pulling back some funding from outside contractors and redirecting it to housing improvements.

Full details of the plan won’t be released until later this week, when the senators finalize their draft of the legislation. But in a public mark up of the bill’s personnel section, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said the moves were designed to “prioritize safety and comfort for military families” in light of recent reports of substandard housing conditions at bases around the country. 

“The military service officials and their private housing partners have failed you,” he said. “As a result we have worked to include legislation to restore accountability and oversight in privatized housing … Military families deserve safe, high quality housing commensurate with the sacrifices they make every day for the security of our nation.”


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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/05/21/senators-take-aim-at-military-housing-problems-in-annual-budget-bill/

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