Base commanders should be held responsible for enforcing tenants’ rights, lawmaker says March 10 Sgt. 1st Class Jesus Joseph Brown dons a hazmat suit to look at his house at Fort Hood after it was opened up for mold repairs. (Photo courtesy of Emilee Brown) With most of the tenant bill of rights available for military housing residents, and more to come soon, some lawmakers are concerned there’s no teeth to those rights, and want to hold installation commanders responsible. “It seems there are some base commanders who don’t understand their responsibilities,” said Rep. John Garamendi, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness subcommittee, during a hearing Wednesday. He said he’d heard from military family housing advocates that the tenant bill of rights is good, “but it lacks teeth.”