From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 29 May 2019 11:44:33 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] HOUSING: "Senators take aim at military housing problems in annual budget bill" |
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.” … 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/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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