WASHINGTON - The Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed $301 million in new funding to enhance housing safety and oversight on U.S. military bases, following Reuters reports documenting squalid conditions in privately run military homes, senior committee staff said Thursday.
Among the measures, military families would get a new tenant bill of rights, allowing them to withhold rent from derelict landlords, and base homes would receive far more frequent inspections. “Military families deserve safe, high quality housing commensurate with the sacrifices they make every day,” Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican on the committee, tweeted Thursday.
Senate so that’s GOP handing out another fat check to military housing contractors who failed the troops miserably. Instead of punishing them, they get a big check. That will teach them 😂😂😂💩💩💩💩🍊🍊🍊🍊 SenateGOP realDonaldTrump DeptofDefense
Didn't they use that for the wall? It was in the budget previously.
One would figure with the 50 billion they just budgeted for DEFENSE they'd be able to sluff off a little more than that to repair the housing of its troops and their families. Oh, wait that was for the arms contractors, not the actually military personnel.
So not necessary. How about let's make things easier for military spouses. I do not need power of attorney or spouses presence , or signature to utilize military facilities or programs.
Which Peter is Trump going to rob to pay this Paul?
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