{"id":56612,"date":"2019-10-28T14:23:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T14:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/28\/the-air-force-has-put-this-privatized-housing-landlord-on-notice\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:42:50","slug":"the-air-force-has-put-this-privatized-housing-landlord-on-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/28\/the-air-force-has-put-this-privatized-housing-landlord-on-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Air Force has put this privatized housing landlord on notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Air Force has issued a stern warning to the company that operates two-thirds of its privatized housing<\/a> projects that unless there is \u201cprompt and substantial improvement\u201d in the company\u2019s performance, service officials will start formal action against the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the year, Balfour Beatty Communities officials must submit a comprehensive improvement plan \u201cin order to assure safe and healthy living conditions<\/a> of our airman and their families,\u201d stated the letter, signed by John W. Henderson, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the extreme, worst case scenario, if the issues aren\u2019t resolved, it could result in termination of the lease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These failures are unacceptable and have seriously eroded confidence by senior Air Force leadership in [Balfour Beatty\u2019s] ability to provide military families with safe, quality housing,\u201d wrote Henderson, citing a growing list of failures across the company\u2019s 21 Air Force housing projects,<\/p>\n\n\n\t