Posted on Sep 24, 2015
Should Veterans be allowed to stay in base housing?
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Unless it is overseas (OCONUS) and a few select quarters, there is no such thing as base housing anymore, even if it is "on post". NOTE item number 6 in the answer below.
Who is permitted to live in MHPI housing?
Priority to occupy homes is given to Service members assigned to the installation. However, if there is not enough demand for housing from military personnel and, as a result, occupancy rates drop below a certain level for a defined period of time, the developer can rent to other personnel. The developer must follow a priority list of other possible tenants as defined by the tenant waterfall. For example, the waterfall could be: (1) other military members not assigned to the installation or unaccompanied service members, (2) federal civil service employees, (3) retired military, (4) guard and reserve military, (5) retired federal civil service employees, (6) DoD contractors/permanent employees and then the (6) general public.
Straight from the horses mouth, as the old saying goes, at http://www.acq.osd.mil/housing/index.htm .
Who is permitted to live in MHPI housing?
Priority to occupy homes is given to Service members assigned to the installation. However, if there is not enough demand for housing from military personnel and, as a result, occupancy rates drop below a certain level for a defined period of time, the developer can rent to other personnel. The developer must follow a priority list of other possible tenants as defined by the tenant waterfall. For example, the waterfall could be: (1) other military members not assigned to the installation or unaccompanied service members, (2) federal civil service employees, (3) retired military, (4) guard and reserve military, (5) retired federal civil service employees, (6) DoD contractors/permanent employees and then the (6) general public.
Straight from the horses mouth, as the old saying goes, at http://www.acq.osd.mil/housing/index.htm .
DoD Military Housing Privatization
Congress established the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) in 1996 as a tool to help the military improve the quality of life for its service members by improving the condition of their housing. The MHPI was designed and developed to attract private sector financing, expertise and innovation to provide necessary housing faster and more efficiently than traditional Military Construction processes would allow. The Office of the...
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Yeah, like passing them off to someone else with the last pointing to a shelter. It's sad how those blessed with a key and lock to insert it into it are so callous, like the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs , the state and local agencies and the fat-and-happy in the nonprofits.
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I have previously made a comment on this subject. I then went on to read the other comments made previous to my original statement. I then went back and re-read the original question. After re-reading the question realized that it could be interpreted in a number of different ways. With this in mind, I would like SN Jeff Powell to restate his question. The way the question is currently stated, makes it appear that the Veterans are not allowed to stay in "base housing", when in fact, they are allowed to stay in "base housing."
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