Posted on Dec 20, 2022
Pentagon Isn't Tracking Whether Privatized Housing Is Sickening Families, Watchdog Finds
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The IG "estimated that fewer than .03% of the U.S. military's 211,826 privatized housing units -- or about 6,354 units -- were unsafe or unhealthy"
I think these folks would disagree with that .03% figure...
https://www.militaryfamily.org/military-families-face-unlivable-conditions-in-installation-housing-around-the-country/
I think these folks would disagree with that .03% figure...
https://www.militaryfamily.org/military-families-face-unlivable-conditions-in-installation-housing-around-the-country/
Military Families Face ‘Unlivable’ Conditions in Installation Housing Around the Country
Substandard living conditions for military families on bases around the country continue to cause health risks, but many complaints are going unanswered by the Services and private contractors.
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It's a case of out of sight out of mind (and they are busy with Camp Lejeune water and other such issues) but it will come back to bite them.
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Maj Robert Thornton
..."The IG recommended that the Army and Air Force complete their input to the military housing IT system to include current and former residents and create an environmental health and safety module in the system,
Patricia Coury, deputy assistant secretary of defense for housing, agreed that the services must complete their input and said the module would be installed by the end of fiscal 2023.
Coury added, however, that obtaining and uploading information on past residents of Army and Air Force privatized housing may be challenging, given DoD policies on the handling and storage of personal information as well as the availability of the historical data.
"Neither the Army nor the [Department of the Air Force] has data on past residents who lived in privatized housing on their installations," Coury said. "While the Army and DAF could attempt to obtain this data from the private sector entities (i.e. landlords), this would raise significant [privacy] issues. ... The landlords have no legal obligation to provide such data."
..."The IG recommended that the Army and Air Force complete their input to the military housing IT system to include current and former residents and create an environmental health and safety module in the system,
Patricia Coury, deputy assistant secretary of defense for housing, agreed that the services must complete their input and said the module would be installed by the end of fiscal 2023.
Coury added, however, that obtaining and uploading information on past residents of Army and Air Force privatized housing may be challenging, given DoD policies on the handling and storage of personal information as well as the availability of the historical data.
"Neither the Army nor the [Department of the Air Force] has data on past residents who lived in privatized housing on their installations," Coury said. "While the Army and DAF could attempt to obtain this data from the private sector entities (i.e. landlords), this would raise significant [privacy] issues. ... The landlords have no legal obligation to provide such data."
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