News & Events for Military Housing Privatization

Navy Privatizes Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (UPH) at Hampton Roads, VA-- For more information see this link.
Navy Privatizes Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (UPH) at San Diego, CA-- For more information see this link.

Vietnam Refugee Selected for DoD Scholarship
NAVFAC Northwest Employee Wins Coveted Spot
SILVERDALE, WA. – An employee of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Northwest has been selected as one of two Department of Defense civilians to attend the January 2008 University of Maryland one-year Masters’ program. Read More >

Privatization Brings Homes, Not Housing to Army Installation
FORT BELVOIR, Va., Oct. 3, 2007 – Army Secretary Pete Geren visited homes on Fort Belvoir, Va., today and talked with Army families about the privatized housing initiative on the installation.

"In order to have a healthy Army, we've got to have healthy soldiers, and we have to have a healthy Army family, as well," Geren said. "If you ask a soldier, ask anyone, about what goes into their thinking about what makes a good quality of life … it would be housing, the home they live in, the neighborhood they live in. It's no different if you're a soldier, a spouse or if you're a private citizen." — read more from the DoD Defense Link article.

The Master of Real Estate Development for Federal Real Estate Privatizations is a new program scheduled to be offered at the University of Maryland starting Fall 2007. The program is open to the public and will be offered on-campus only during the first several academic years. Courses will be held after 4:00 pm four days a week, providing the opportunity for students to pursue the degree on a full or part-time basis.

OSD will offer a limited number of tuition scholarships during the first 3 years of the program for DoD or Military Service employees to participate in the program on a full-time basis. These scholarships will fund the $32K tuition only, and scholarship selections will be made by an advisory board with representatives from DoD and each of the Services, based in part of past academic performance, appropriateness of the training to the individual's current and anticipated career path, and command recommendations.

OSD is still in the process of finalizing the details for the potential scholarship program, but general information regarding the UMD program and application process is provided in the PDF brochure. Please contact Patricia Coury at patricia.coury@osd.mil or 703-602-3852 for further information.

Navy awards first pilot barracks privatization project at San Diego, California — for more information click here.

The Automated Housing Referral Network (AHRN.com) is sponsored by the Department of Defense and is designed to improve the process of securing available rental housing (including military privatized housing) for relocating military members and their families. (This location will also assist military members who want to list their rental properties near military installations). For more information click on this link-AHRN

Congressional Appropriation Subcommittee gives support to the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (from the Senate Report 109-105 - MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2006 FAMILY HOUSING)

"At a time of war when those who serve our country are called to combat, the Department and the Congress must provide the resources to support not only our military but also the military family. This is a responsibility the Committee takes very seriously because of the sacrifice that service members make when joining the military, as it impacts the lives of not only the troops but their families. After accounts of acquisition and contractor missteps throughout the modern history of the Department of Defense, the Committee wants to highlight one of the successes of the Federal Government: privatization of military family housing. The Committee continues to strongly believe in the importance of this program for it provides for a quality of life not previously possible for both our troops and their families given Federal budget constraints. The Department is to be commended for utilizing the private sector in a manner that improves the daily lives of Department personnel, while maximizing limited resources, merely through innovative thinking and inventive Federal contracting. The Committee believes that this approach has provided benefits both in terms of savings and in the quality of life for military families. The Committee encourages the Department to continue its efforts in this arena. Therefore, the Committee has provided the necessary resources requested by the Department for family housing appropriations for fiscal year 2006 and looks forward to the continuing success of this program".

MHPI Authorities Use by the Military Services--for a list of where the MHPI authorities have been used click here.

Are you looking for Developer/Property Management Contacts at our awarded privatized housing projects?

List of Navy/Marines PPV Developer/Property Management -- points of contact.

List of Army RCI Developer/Property Management -- points of contact

List of Air Force MHPI Developer/Property Management -- points of contact

Do you have questions about the Military Housing Privatization Program? Go the new listing of Frequently Asked Questions or FAQ's

Having trouble finding where to get housing privatization project solicitations? Go to this web site FedBizOps -- click the red star for "Find Business Opportunities" and the type in "Housing privatization" in the search category to view latest Federal Business Opportunities postings for housing privatization.

Wall Street Journal posts article on Military Family Housing Privatization dated April 23, 2003, "Victory on Home Front in Military Housing" by Ryan Chittum and Dean Starkman. To view article go to the WSJ web site (a fee will be charged by the Journal).

Congress action makes permanent (view document) the exemption of military members, living in privatized housing, Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) from eligibility requirements for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) school nutrition program.

(USDA legislative changes exclude certain housing allowances from consideration as income in the school nutrition programs, the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and the Special Milk program…) view original document