Privatization Efforts for Resolving Our Military Housing Shortfalls: Does This Make Sense from a Well-Being Perspective?
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DoD) over recent years has attempted to improve the "Quality of Life" (QOL) of the service member and their families in an effort to retain our rank and file. One area of concern is the availability and living conditions of Government family housing. Not only does DoD lack sufficient housing to provide our military members and their families, the conditions of these houses are generally substandard or inadequate to say the least. Currently DoD has approximately 300,000 dilapidated houses and apartments to fix, a huge waiting list and nowhere near the $30 Billion required to fix the problem. The focus of this paper will predominately look at how the military housing construction and control efforts are transitioning from DoD to the private sector which appears to be the Army's primary option for resolving their "Housing" shortfalls. Obviously, this goal is twofold, one to yield higher quality housing, and two, to improve upon the "Well-Being" concerns of our service members and their families. This research paper will evaluate whether or not fixing DoD's housing shortfalls will have a positive affect on the "Well-Being" of the service members and their families, since housing is one of the top QOL programs within DoD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 09, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA404403
Entities
People
- Benjamin D. Lukefahr
Organizations
- United States Army War College