Military housing : installations need to share information on their Section 801 on-base housing contracts : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

Lepore, Brian J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States--Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters.

Military dependents--Housing--United States.

Military dependents.

Families of military personnel--Housing--United States--Management.

Families of military personnel.

Contracting out--United States.

Contracting out.

Military bases--United States.

Military bases.

Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters.

Military dependents--Housing.

Genre:

Rules and practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 37 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Installations need to share information on their Section 801 on-base housing contracts

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

Summary:

In the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984, Congress authorized the Section 801 housing program, which provided a means for improving and expanding military family housing through private developers' investment. Under this authority, the Department of Defense (DOD) awarded eight contracts for the construction of on-base housing that typically consisted of two phases: the in-lease (DOD leases all of the units from developers for up to 20 years whether housing is occupied or not) and the out-lease (under some contracts, developers may rent housing to the general public while leasing the land from DOD for up to 30 more years). Based on a mandate in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 conference report, GAO's objectives were to assess (1) the status of contracts for on-base Section 801 military housing, (2) the estimated costs to DOD and local communities that would result from the general public occupying this housing, and (3) the extent to which DOD and the services share information on modifications to the contracts and community interaction experiences. GAO visited five installations with on-base Section 801 housing, analyzed housing contracts, and interviewed relevant officials. GAO recommends that DOD develop a communications process among installations with Section 801 housing to share information regarding any contract changes. DOD concurred with GAO's recommendation.

Notes:

Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed Nov. 6, 2010).

"October 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-11-60."

OCLC:

679017016