In response to housing horrors revealed by Reuters, the U.S. military is launching a bill of rights for base tenants. The rub? Enacting it could require renegotiating billions in private housing contracts
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines unveiled a proposed tenant bill of rights on Wednesday that would hand more power to military families facing housing hazards and place enhanced scrutiny on private landlords drawing billions in fees from their military partnerships.
“The fact that we took the eye off the ball allowed this to perpetuate itself,” Spencer told Reuters. “The fox guarding the hen house.” Spencer said the Navy will also seek independent assessments of the companies’ home maintenance programs through a new inspection process. The bill’s critically important fine points are still to be worked out. For instance, Spencer said, enacting it would require renegotiating 50-year contracts awarded to private landlords with vast control of base housing. Also being sorted out: the price tag associated with this and other military housing reforms, and who will pay for them.
The housing ventures, designed to revitalize deteriorating base housing, were backed with at least $15 billion in loans from major banks. Changing their terms could require agreement from bondholders and other financial firms. Since Senate hearings focusing on housing issues last month, the Navy’s Spencer has visited families at bases in Virginia and North Carolina. He said he saw “atrocious” repair work in some homes at Naval Station Norfolk, where Lincoln Military Housing is the landlord.In a statement Wednesday, Lincoln President and CEO Jarl Bliss said the company is “committed to improving the living experience in all our base housing.
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