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Military housing privatization
Military service Program name
United States Army Residential Communities Initiative [2]
United States Air Force USAF Housing Privatization [3]
United States Marine Corps Public/Private Ventures [4]
United States Navy Public/Private Ventures [5]
The Military housing privatization initiative (MHPI) was receive a Basic Allowance where they can choose to live
established by the United States Congress in 1996 as tool in private sector housing, or privatized housing. [1]
to help the military improve the quality of life for its ser-
vice members by improving the condition of their hous-
ing. The MHPI was designed and developed to attract pri-
Programs by Military Service
vate sector financing, expertise and innovation to pro-
vide necessary housing faster and more efficiently than See also
traditional Military Construction processes would allow.
• Enhanced use lease
The Office of the Secretary of Defense has delegated to
the Military Services the MHPI and they are authorized
to enter into agreements with private developers select- References
ed in a competitive process to own, maintain and operate
This article incorporates public domain material from web-
family housing via a fifty-year lease.
sites or documents of the United States Government.
MHPI addresses two significant problems concerning
[1] http://www.acq.osd.mil/housing/
housing for military Service members and their families:
[2] http://www.rci.army.mil/
(1) the poor condition of DOD owned housing, and (2)
[3] http://www.afcee.af.mil/resources/
a shortage of quality affordable private housing. Under
housingprivatization/index.asp
the MHPI authorities, DOD works with the private sector
[4] http://www.housing.navy.mil/
to revitalize our military family housing through a va-
pages.cfm?pg=ppv&num=2§ion_id=1&page_num=4&CFID=108
riety of financial tools-direct loans, loan guarantees, eq-
[5] http://www.housing.navy.mil/
uity investments, conveyance or leasing of land and/or
pages.cfm?pg=ppv&num=2§ion_id=1&page_num=2&CFID=108
housing/and other facilities. Military Service members
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Categories:
• Military of the United States
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