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Well, the solution is….well, they haven’t figured one out yet.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, after an inspection by SMA Grinston, Ft. Bragg was ordered to re-house 1200 soldiers living in the Smoke Bomb barracks due to excessive mold from leaking “mid-20th-century” A\/C systems. Ft. Bragg says it would cost more to fix the A\/Cs than to replace the buildings, and while they are starting to move some soldiers into school or married quarters, there are not enough available quarters and off-base apartments available to house all the soldiers needing them.<\/p>\n
In the days since the initial announcement, spokespeople at Fort Bragg have reiterated that officials were taking a “deliberate phased approach, a process that entails coordination throughout the installation and with the Soldiers’ well-being in mind” to the move of more than 1,000 troops. However, details of that approach, or even assurances that it has begun, have yet to materialize.<\/p>\n
On Aug. 10, five days after the Army announced the evacuation, a spokeswoman for Fort Bragg said that the leaders anticipated the moves would “take place over the next 30 days or sooner,” but in follow-on questions acknowledged that no one had actually been moved<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Almost a week after that admission, on Aug. 16, the Army put out a press release that announced soldiers were “prepping to relocate to various available barracks rooms around the installation.” Days later, the media office explained that “the relocation process can begin as early as this week” — but still did not offer any details on when the relocations would begin.<\/p>\n
The Army also couldn’t say how many soldiers would be offered a housing allowance and the ability to move off base that the service touted in its statement.<\/p>\n
Task & Purpose recently reported<\/a> at least a dozen families from Fort Belvoir<\/a>, Virginia, had been displaced due to unlivable conditions on that base.<\/p>\n
Some of the issues have been blamed on private housing contractors. Balfour Beatty Communities, which manages 55 housing communities on military bases, has been accused of ignoring residents’ concerns<\/a> about hazardous living conditions<\/a> and pleaded guilty last year to defrauding the Army, Air Force<\/a> and Navy<\/a> by manipulating maintenance records to get bonus payouts it didn’t deserve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n