Privatized military housing is plagued with ‘shoddy workmanship, raw sewage, rotten wood and chronic leaks'
By: Karen Jowers  
Eleven families from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., are suing Hunt Southern Group and Hunt MH Property Management, the companies that own and manage base housing, due to an outbreak of mold that they claim has not been resolved.. Some of the families live in the Bay Ridge community, shown here. (Kemberly Groue/Air Force)
Problems with construction and maintenance in some newer privatized military family housing call into question the success of the Defense Department’s major initiative to improve housing for military families, according to a new report.
A new investigation by Reuters published Friday centers mostly on some families at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, but builds on the news organization’s previous investigations into Army and Marine Corps privatized family housing.
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2018/12/21/privatized-military-housing-is-plagued-with-shoddy-workmanship-raw-sewage-rotten-wood-and-chronic-leaks/
