Update: Amendment in defense bill to provide accountability with contracts

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The military drawdown initiated by Barack Obama in 2011 reduced the occupancy rates developers needed to make renovations.  Occupancy rates dwindled from 90 to 70 percent, which is a huge chunk of revenue.  Obama reduced the Basic Allowance for Housing from 100 to 95 percent of market rates for housing in 2015.  The Obama Administration made these cuts despite warnings in 2009 that private developers would not be able to generate enough revenue to fund construction, make debt payments, and set aside funds for recapitalization.  The Obama administration was warned about diminished quality of military housing.  Despite the clear connection, the article published by Reuters failed to mention it… for some reason.  It’s the one fact they didn’t mention. https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-09-352

If Congress wanted to help these military families, they could do it today with a single issue bill.  Just like the POS representatives that were elected in 1996, Congress just wants to pass the political football to the private contractors.  They wish Reuters never exposed this mess, because now they have to do their jobs.   Democrats might even be forced to pass a bill, which is something they were trying to avoid.  https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-military-housing/

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So there's millions of dollars to spend on a military parade, but making sure kids aren't poisoned is too pricy?

Late 2012 is Obama, but dem clowns will still attack trump. Pathetic simply pathetic

The information is crystal clear.  Obama administration was warned day one by GAO, and every step he took made the situation worse.  He was warned in 2011, 2013 and 2015, and still he exacerbated the situation. Yet, the Reuters article in my above post goes out of it's way to blame Trump, arguing that construction on the border wall will take money away from the rehabilitation of these homes.  Yeah but you can still fund these homes for military families.  If Democrats want to solve the problem, they could do it today.  As Jon Stewart pointed out a while back, Trumps ready and waiting.  All Congress has to do here is there god damn job.