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DoD should engage military communities to maintain volunteer force
The George W. Bush Institute issued policy recommendations aimed at veterans and military families to help maintain an all-volunteer force.
By Korie Wilkins
Former managers for privatized housing company plead guilty to fraud in doctoring maintenance records
Managers were part of a larger conspiracy doctoring maintenance records to make sure the housing company got millions in performance incentive fees, feds say.
By Karen Jowers
Mold, cockroaches, sewer backups: 10 military families sue their housing landlord at three Texas bases
Families allege persistent problems with cockroaches, mold, rodents, water leaks.
By Karen Jowers
Base commanders should be held responsible for enforcing tenants’ rights, lawmaker says
Does the housing tenant bill of rights lack teeth?
By Karen Jowers
Five more military families sue privatized landlord alleging mold, vermin, lead paint and raw sewage
Cockroach-infested couches, a hole in the floor causing high electricity bills, long-term health problems are part of military families' allegations.
By Karen Jowers
Private military housing companies face questions about military families with disabled members
Senators say the housing companies “do not appear to be following federal laws that protect persons with disabilities.”
By Karen Jowers
Supporting military children with the services they need, but lost in the pandemic
One in every five active-duty families with school-aged children reported they have a child with special needs who have lost access to the support services that their school provides.
By Kathy Roth-Douquet
Mold, vermin in military housing: Companies aren’t off the hook, lawmakers say
Lawmakers want more progress in getting rid of mold, vermin in military housing
By Karen Jowers
Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico.
Air Force halts millions in management incentive payments to military housing provider amid misconduct allegations
The Air Force’s assistant secretary for installations John Henderson said in a statement withholding the incentive fees is effective immediately and applies to all of Balfour Beatty's private housing projects at 21 Air Force bases.
By Diana Stancy