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National Park Service: Concerns About the Implementation of Its Employee Housing Policy

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 17, 1999
Report No. T-RCED-99-119
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Summary:

The Park Service provides housing for its employees when either affordable housing is not generally available or staff must be available to respond to after-hours incidents within a park. The Park Service's housing program entails a significant financial commitment. During the past 10 years, the agency has spent about $175 million on employee housing. In addition, the agency now has almost $20 million in unspent construction funding that it plans to use for current housing needs. The Park Service estimates that it needs about another $300 million to repair and replace some of its existing housing inventory. This testimony discusses (1) what the Park Service did in response to 1996 legislation directing the agency to eliminate unnecessary government housing and rely more on the private sector to supply housing and (2) the likely impact of that action.

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