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Military Family Housing: Opportunities Exist to Reduce Costs and Mitigate Inequities

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 13, 1996
Report No. NSIAD-96-203
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Summary:

The Defense Department (DOD) spends about $8 billion annually to house members of the armed forces and their families, either by paying a cash allowance to enable members to live in private-sector housing or by assigning families to government-owned or -leased quarters. DOD policy states that private housing in the neighborhoods around military installation will be relied on as the main source of housing and that government quarters may be programmed when the communities cannot meet the military's need for acceptable and affordable family housing. Also, government housing is provided for a small number of personnel who live on an installation for reasons of military necessity. This report discusses whether (1) DOD's policy of relying mainly on private housing to meet military family housing requirements is cost-effective, (2) the military services are complying with this policy, and (3) DOD's family housing policies result in equitable treatment for all military families.

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