Privatized military housing is plagued with ‘shoddy workmanship, raw sewage, rotten wood and chronic leaks'

Problems with construction and maintenance in some newer privatized military family housing call into question the success of the Defense Department’s major initiative to improve housing for military families, according to a new report.

A new investigation by Reuters published Friday centers mostly on some families at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, but builds on the news organization’s previous investigations into Army and Marine Corpsprivatized family housing.

“What the Pentagon touts as privatization’s signature achievement — the building of new housing for military families — is marred by faulty construction and poor upkeep,” the report found.

There has been “limited federal oversight and little accountability” for the companies that have taken over the responsibility of operating the housing.

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2018/12/21/privatized-military-housing-is-plagued-with-shoddy-workmanship-raw-sewage-rotten-wood-and-chronic-leaks/