Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978453548
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Military Housing: Further Improvement Needed in Requirements Determinations and Program Review
Military Housing
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978453548
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Military Housing: Further Improvement Needed in Requirements Determinations and Program Review
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978453548
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Military Housing: Further Improvement Needed in Requirements Determinations and Program Review
Military Housing Further Improvement Needed in Requirements Determinations and Program Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Military Housing
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families of military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families of military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Military housing further improvements needed in requirements determinations and program review : report to the Secretary of Defense.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428937374
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428937374
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Gao-04-556 Military Housing
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984319586
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
GAO-04-556 Military Housing: Further Improvement Needed in Requirements Determinations and Program Review
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984319586
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
GAO-04-556 Military Housing: Further Improvement Needed in Requirements Determinations and Program Review
Military Housing
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families of military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families of military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Military Housing
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289046736
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This report reviews the Department of Defense's (DOD) family housing program. GAO discusses (1) whether DOD has implemented a standard process for determining the required military housing based on housing available in the private sector and (2) how an increase in the housing allowance is likely to affect the need for housing on military installations over the long term. Despite calls from Congress, GAO, and DOD's Inspector General, DOD has not introduced a standard process for determining military housing requirements. DOD and the services have worked to develop the framework for the process, but technical concerns, such as standards for affordable housing and commuting distance, have stalled its adoption. Increasing the housing allowance underscores the urgent need for a consistent process to determine military housing requirements because it is expected to increase demand for civilian housing and lessen the demand for military housing. From a policy standpoint, increasing the allowance better positions DOD to rely on the private sector first for housing because it removes the financial disincentive to living in civilian housing. From a management standpoint, considerable evidence suggests that it is less expensive to provide allowances for military personnel to live on the civilian market than to provide military housing. Although overall program costs are increasing significantly in the short term to cover increased allowances, DOD could save money in the longer term by encouraging more personnel to move into civilian housing.
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289046736
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This report reviews the Department of Defense's (DOD) family housing program. GAO discusses (1) whether DOD has implemented a standard process for determining the required military housing based on housing available in the private sector and (2) how an increase in the housing allowance is likely to affect the need for housing on military installations over the long term. Despite calls from Congress, GAO, and DOD's Inspector General, DOD has not introduced a standard process for determining military housing requirements. DOD and the services have worked to develop the framework for the process, but technical concerns, such as standards for affordable housing and commuting distance, have stalled its adoption. Increasing the housing allowance underscores the urgent need for a consistent process to determine military housing requirements because it is expected to increase demand for civilian housing and lessen the demand for military housing. From a policy standpoint, increasing the allowance better positions DOD to rely on the private sector first for housing because it removes the financial disincentive to living in civilian housing. From a management standpoint, considerable evidence suggests that it is less expensive to provide allowances for military personnel to live on the civilian market than to provide military housing. Although overall program costs are increasing significantly in the short term to cover increased allowances, DOD could save money in the longer term by encouraging more personnel to move into civilian housing.
Military housing management improvements needed as the pace of privatization quickens.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428945296
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Renovating or replacing 168,000 inadequate military family housing units using traditional military construction methods would take over 20 years and cost about $16 billion. In 1996, to improve housing faster and more economically, Congress authorized the Military Housing Privatization Initiative to allow private-sector financing, ownership, operation, and maintenance of military housing. At the request of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, House Committee on Appropriations, GAO examined the reliability of military housing needs assessments, as well as achievement of privatization financial goals and government protections in contract provisions.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428945296
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Renovating or replacing 168,000 inadequate military family housing units using traditional military construction methods would take over 20 years and cost about $16 billion. In 1996, to improve housing faster and more economically, Congress authorized the Military Housing Privatization Initiative to allow private-sector financing, ownership, operation, and maintenance of military housing. At the request of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, House Committee on Appropriations, GAO examined the reliability of military housing needs assessments, as well as achievement of privatization financial goals and government protections in contract provisions.
Military Housing
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military dependents
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military dependents
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Military Housing
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289055387
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that 168,000 military family housing units are inadequate, lack modern amenities, and are in need of major renovation and replacement. According to DOD, completing this work using traditional military construction methods would take more than 20 years and cost $16 billion. To improve housing faster and more economically, Congress authorized the Military Housing Privatization Initiative in 1996. Although DOD has awarded contracts to construct or improve 16,000 units and has plans to privatize an additional 96,000 units by the end of fiscal year 2006, privatization projects are not supported by reliable or consistent needs assessments, and the overall requirement for military housing is not well-defined. The department has achieved two key financial goals for the privatization program--leveraging of government funds and lower project life-cycle costs. Although DOD has included provisions designed to protect the government's interests, GAO found areas where DOD could further enhance protections to the government. First, some contracts did not fully anticipate the increased rent to be paid to project developers as a result of a DOD initiative to increase housing allowances for service members. Second, although military installation officials will participate with developers in making project improvement decisions valued at $3.9 billion over contract terms in nine projects, DOD and service headquarters oversight of these decisions appears limited. Third, GAO found wide variation in contracts regarding assumptions and fees for services paid to developers. Finally, although DOD has developed a semi-annual report to help it monitor and evaluate financial and management data and assess the performance of individual projects, the reports have not been completed in a timely manner, do not include all relevant information, and are not subject to independent verification.
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289055387
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that 168,000 military family housing units are inadequate, lack modern amenities, and are in need of major renovation and replacement. According to DOD, completing this work using traditional military construction methods would take more than 20 years and cost $16 billion. To improve housing faster and more economically, Congress authorized the Military Housing Privatization Initiative in 1996. Although DOD has awarded contracts to construct or improve 16,000 units and has plans to privatize an additional 96,000 units by the end of fiscal year 2006, privatization projects are not supported by reliable or consistent needs assessments, and the overall requirement for military housing is not well-defined. The department has achieved two key financial goals for the privatization program--leveraging of government funds and lower project life-cycle costs. Although DOD has included provisions designed to protect the government's interests, GAO found areas where DOD could further enhance protections to the government. First, some contracts did not fully anticipate the increased rent to be paid to project developers as a result of a DOD initiative to increase housing allowances for service members. Second, although military installation officials will participate with developers in making project improvement decisions valued at $3.9 billion over contract terms in nine projects, DOD and service headquarters oversight of these decisions appears limited. Third, GAO found wide variation in contracts regarding assumptions and fees for services paid to developers. Finally, although DOD has developed a semi-annual report to help it monitor and evaluate financial and management data and assess the performance of individual projects, the reports have not been completed in a timely manner, do not include all relevant information, and are not subject to independent verification.