By STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 9, 2021 Is the tenant bill of rights that is supposed to help protect families in military housing more rhetoric than regulation? That is the belief of Sarah Kline, who works with the Military Housing Advocacy Network, and Leigh Tuttle, the wife of a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who has seen up close how corners can get cut with something as simple as replacing a carpet. In Part 2 of Military Matters look at the problems with military housing, co-hosts Rod Rodriguez and Jack Murphy discuss the issues with two military spouses who have been in the middle of the fight.
Private military housing companies face questions about military families with disabled members (Getty Images/iStock photo) Two senators are pressing privatized housing companies for extensive details on their treatment of military families with disabled members who need accessible housing. Some private companies that have partnered with the Defense Department “do not appear to be following federal laws that protect persons with disabilities,” according to letters sent Dec. 18 to top executives of six companies, signed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. Citing the findings of a small online survey released in July by the nonprofit Military Housing Advocacy Network, the senators asked the executives for details about each of their military housing communities by Jan. 15.