{"id":154294,"date":"2024-03-11T08:05:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=154294"},"modified":"2024-03-10T19:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T23:45:07","slug":"navy-wants-to-privatize-barracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=154294","title":{"rendered":"The Navy wants to privatize barracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Navy installations in the Hampton Roads area are facing a maintenance backlog challenge. To help address the challenge, privatizing of barracks upkeep and maintenance is being considered. The Navy feels that with over two decades of experience with privatized family housing management, lessons learned from these experiences can be applied to privatized barracks.<\/p>\n

From WHRO:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Navy has at least 5,000 junior sailors living in substandard housing, according to a 2023 report from the General Accounting Office.<\/p>\n

The military has had a troubled relationship with privatized military housing.<\/p>\n

Family housing was privatized for more than two decades. A series of GAO reports showed problems with mold, insects and rodents, along with unresolved maintenance complaints. Problems led to tenant lawsuits against the companies throughout the military. Among the issues, the military found they had very little oversight over the private contractors.<\/p>\n

“I think we’ve learned a lot from our private-partner ventures over the years,” Gould said. “The Navy has established quality assurance personnel that are government employees that would continue to support inspections, periodic reviews.”<\/p>\n

The service already has authority in San Diego and Norfolk to run pilot projects for what the Navy calls private-partner ventures.<\/p>\n

This would be the largest privatization project of on-base housing in the military, costing $200-$400 million. The plan would include taking over the barracks at all bases in Hampton Roads. Some facilities would be refurbished and new buildings would be built, Gould said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WHRO provides additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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