IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Whistleblowers Tell U.S. Senate About Continuing Mistreatment of Military Families in Privatized Housing
Problems Exposed at Last Year’s Senate Hearing Remain Unresolved
WASHINGTON – Today, three whistleblowers represented by Government Accountability Project testified that military families continue to be victimized by the private, for-profit contractor hired by the Department of Defense to maintain family housing on base. The contractor, Balfour Beatty Communities (BBC), today manages 43,000 family homes at 55 military bases across the U.S. The whistleblowers testified that to this day, BBC is still not providing adequate maintenance services, and that the company’s neglect has allowed, among other problems, dangerously toxic mold to fester in its residences.
Today’s Oversight Session on Georgia Military Housing, led by Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA), follows up on the bi-partisan investigation and hearing held a year ago by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Mistreatment of Military Families in Privatized Military Housing. At today’s session, Government Accountability Project clients Joy Viera, Erin Greer, and Ashley M. Porras – spouses of current and retired soldiers – shared their stories about BBC’s mismanagement and gross neglect.
Ms. Viera testified that BBC’s neglect had forced her family to make eight moves in four months. Ms. Greer testified that an independent mold inspector certified her home was unfit for human occupancy, ...
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