{"id":28034,"date":"2019-03-10T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/10\/housing-privatization-brings-corporate-attitude-onto-bases\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:16:54","slug":"housing-privatization-brings-corporate-attitude-onto-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/commentary\/2019\/03\/10\/housing-privatization-brings-corporate-attitude-onto-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing privatization brings corporate attitude onto bases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Editor\u2019s note:<\/b> <i>This op-ed was published by Air Force Times in 2007. We are reposting it because it is distinctly relevant to the current news about privatized military housing.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is housing privatization the unqualified savior some seem to think? It is tempting to say so because it has produced new or refurbished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2019\/02\/14\/black-mold-rodents-lead-paint-in-privatized-housing-no-rent-until-its-fixed-military-spouses-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">housing at certain bases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; and Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, privatization is foundering. Perhaps more important, however, privatized housing may present a long-term risk to the Air Force way of life. The challenges are quite real, and we need to face them directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hard truth: Huge corporate developers, driven by profit, dominate privatization deals. That free-enterprise philosophy is fine for civilian businesses, but not so fine for building a military ethic that serves interests other than the corporate bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/12\/21\/privatized-military-housing-is-plagued-with-shoddy-workmanship-raw-sewage-rotten-wood-and-chronic-leaks\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Keesler_housing.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Privatized military housing is plagued with \u2018shoddy workmanship, raw sewage, rotten wood and chronic leaks&#8217;<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A new investigation questions the success of a major initiative to improve housing for military families.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Privatization can transform a focused military community with a distinct culture and a unique mission into an enterprise largely governed by commercial interests and values. Command has limited control over the developers\u2019 activities. Among other things, developers can fill houses with renters who have no military connection \u2014 which has happened at several bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the leases require providing the developer\u2019s employees all kinds of personal information that, if it falls into the wrong hands, can be hazardous for all families and especially those with members deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Privatization originated in the rather cynical, pre-9\/11 belief that the American public would not pay for decent housing for its military families. It hands over to private contractors hundreds of millions of dollars\u2019 worth of taxpayer-funded housing for little more than promises to provide what the developer imagines is a suitable military housing environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the contractor, these arrangements are primarily about the dollars. It is not about building a fighting force or even, it seems, the well-being of Air Force families.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/02\/13\/more-than-half-who-took-survey-are-dissatisfied-with-military-privatized-housing\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Keesler_housing.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">More than half who took survey are dissatisfied with military privatized housing<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Families report black mold, lead paint, faulty wiring, poor water quality and a wide variety of wildlife in their homes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is privatization a financial panacea? Don\u2019t count on it. Privatization erodes the security, exclusiveness and distinctiveness of Air Force bases \u2014 features that help the service avoid the recruiting and retention costs that bedevil the other services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More troubling are questions as to how privatization is supposed to generate both profits for the developer and savings for the Air Force. Does it involve transferring expenses previously borne by the government to the backs of airmen? Quite possibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energy bills are Exhibit 1. Yes, some will scrimp and \u201cmake money\u201d on rebates. Consider, however, the impact on the most vulnerable part of our population: young airmen with large families who cannot, for example, turn the heat down as others might. And privatization can impose deposit expenses and other costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Privatization also carries the potential to aggravate the \u201coccupationalist\u201d and mercenary mind-set that demilitarizes our Air Force to its great detriment. It inevitably encourages people to interpret Air Force life as a business transaction, and pushes them to make cost-benefit decisions based on self-interest. We do not want to instill this kind of attitude, if for no other reason than cost-benefit thinking is never going to favor a military organization where the member is obliged, if necessary, to pay the ultimate price.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/03\/08\/are-troops-signing-agreements-to-keep-quiet-about-their-housing-problems\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Service-secretaries.chiefs.-SASC.3.7.19.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Are troops signing agreements to keep quiet about their housing problems?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Senator asks why military tenants should sign away their right to say they&#039;re living in inadequate conditions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need to build altruism, not self-referentialism. The complex process of crafting an environment that helps human beings sustain the stresses and sacrifices of military service demands building a martial culture, not a corporate one. Assuming that creating a military community is nothing more than a business deal about rental property grossly underestimates the intangibles needed to support war-fighting professionals and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">True, privatization is a done deal in many locations, so we just have to make it as successful as we can. Accordingly, senior leaders can justifiably explain how privatization can work, note such successes as have occurred and speak about the hopes for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time airmen need to understand privatization\u2019s shortcomings. We must not allow it to undermine the military\u2019s ethos, and we should carefully consider if further privatization best serves our Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr. retired in June 2010 as the Air Force\u2019s deputy judge advocate general. In July 2010 he joined the faculty at Duke University School of Law, where he also serves as executive director of Duke Law\u2019s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The author of this 2007 op-ed said privatized housing may actually prove to be a long-term risk to the Air Force way of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":97,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[97,17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3932],"class_list":["post-28034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","category-opinion"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"5RZ2UWKVVRADJLDAYQ4VH6MVIU","arc_canonical_url":"\/opinion\/commentary\/2019\/03\/10\/housing-privatization-brings-corporate-attitude-onto-bases\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Housing privatization brings corporate attitude onto bases - Military Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The author of this 2007 op-ed said privatized housing may actually prove to be a long-term risk to the Air Force way of life.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Housing privatization brings corporate attitude onto bases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The author of this 2007 op-ed said privatized housing may actually prove to be a long-term risk to the Air Force way of life.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/commentary\/2019\/03\/10\/housing-privatization-brings-corporate-attitude-onto-bases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Military Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-10T16:25:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T20:16:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Maj. 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