Coast Guard: Opportunities Remain to Improve Access to Housing
Coast Guard personnel who work near vacation destinations or in remote areas experience challenges accessing private sector housing. Implementing our prior recommendations can better position the military services to manage military housing and support service members and their families. The Big Picture Due to rising costs, Coast Guard service members, 40 percent of whom rotate to new duty stations annually, and their families find it increasingly difficult to access adequate housing. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Coast Guard (within the Department of Homeland Security) rely on the private sector to house the majority of service members; other service members may reside in governm.
Reported by Thomas NakamuraCoast Guard: Opportunities Remain to Improve Access to Housing.
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Coast Guard personnel who work near vacation destinations or in remote areas experience challenges accessing private sector housing.
Implementing our prior recommendations can better position the military services to manage military housing and support service members and their families.
The Big Picture Due to rising costs, Coast Guard service members, 40 percent of whom rotate to new duty stations annually, and their families find it increasingly difficult to access adequate housing.
The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Coast Guard (within the Department of Homeland Security) rely on the private sector to house the majority of service members; other service members may reside in governm…
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