{"id":168579,"date":"2025-04-17T08:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=168579"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:48:21","slug":"navy-base-housing-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=168579","title":{"rendered":"Navy Base Housing Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAlmost Paradise?<\/em><\/p>\n

Families sue over \u2018appalling\u2019 conditions in Florida military housing<\/h3>\n

By Karen Jowers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dozens of families are suing Balfour Beatty Communities, alleging toxic living conditions and accusing the company of \u201cshoddy maintenance practices and corporate indifference or ineptitude\u201d at its privatized military housing community at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida.<\/p>\n

Forty-four of the 56 families in the complaint are military families. The remaining plaintiffs, civilian families, have been permitted to live in the community when space was available. Many children are among the 192 current and former residents named in the lawsuit, which was filed in state court in Monroe County, Florida, on March 27.<\/p>\n

Families reported issues such as collapsing ceilings because of water damage, mold, insect infestation, structural defects, HVAC and plumbing issues, electrical problems and the presence of lead paint and asbestos, according to the lawsuit. Balfour Beatty leases and manages more than 43,000 homes across 55 Army, Navy and Air Force installations, including 700 housing units at NAS Key West.<\/p>\n

\u201cBalfour concealed the horrific conditions from unsuspecting service men and women and their families,\u201d the 175-page complaint alleges. \u201cWhen these conditions were discovered and reported, Balfour systematically failed to properly repair and remediate significant problems in the homes,\u201d the plaintiffs claim, and \u201cBalfour misled the families into believing that repairs were made, knowing that families living in the homes would likely suffer serious health problems as a result of the conditions.\u201d
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\n\u201cWe are aware of the complaint and intend to defend ourselves vigorously,\u201d Balfour Beatty Communities officials said in an email statement to Military Times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

MCPON Honea fessed up at a Congressional hearing that Naval Installations Command officials inspected some <\/strong>of the homes and found some <\/strong>to be uninhabitable, surprise. He further stated Balfour Beatty paid for those members to be moved and placed in other homes or temporary housing as necessary.<\/p>\n

Which does nothing to address the damages done, none of which should have occurred in the first place. Here’s a cautionary tale for our new SECDEF’s plans for PX\/Commissary changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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