A study of the U.S. Navy's Family Housing Program and privatization: methods, proposed broadened authorities, and risk analysis.

• Main Author: Sasek, David John
• Other Authors: Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Language: en_US
• Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10945/35192

This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library collection for reasons not now known.  It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS.  Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title. === One of the vital problems facing today's military is recruitment. and retention of highly motivated career minded personnel. The quality of life provided to them and their families is one of the most important issues weighing on young service members minds. Adequate housing makes a large contribution to that quality of life. Housing allowances paid to a typical sailor living off- base represent up to one third of his overall compensation package. A sailor living on-base forfeits all housing allowances in exchange for free housing. In many areas affordable adequate housing is unavailable to sailors in the off-base economy. Conflicting priorities between housing needs and other military programs have created an $11 billion backlog in housing maintenance and construction. This and the lack of suitable off-base housing has produced a crisis in military housing that directly impacts military readiness. Since 1984 the Navy has used public private ventures in attempts to increase the supply of quality housing near bases. These attempts have met with mixed results. and shortages remain in many areas.