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Families sue over ‘appalling’ conditions in Florida military housing
By Karen Jowers
 Apr 16, 2025, 03:00 PM
 

Dozens of families are suing Balfour Beatyy over alleged toxic living conditions at NAS Key West housing. The collapsed ceiling in one plaintiff's home is shown here. (Courtesy Just Well Law)
Dozens of families are suing Balfour Beatty Communities, alleging toxic living conditions and accusing the company of “shoddy maintenance practices and corporate indifference or ineptitude” at its privatized military housing community at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida.

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.


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.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/04/16/families-sue-over-appalling-conditions-in-florida-military-housing/
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There are lots of nice places in Key West for the military to place military families so they can live as well as non-citizen illegal immigrants. :im waiting:
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Would these appalling military housing conditions have any relationship to the military's recruitment and retention problems?

 *hmmmm*
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Would these appalling military housing conditions have any relationship to the military's recruitment and retention problems?

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Retention definitely, especially for service members with families.
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