The Ministry of Defence has been accused of deliberately
providing poor quality housing for soldiers and their families - so it can save
money by moving them out. MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan said the MoD was letting
family accommodation “degrade”, so that a planned new system of housing looks
more attractive. She criticised plans to move armed forces personnel and their
families into privately-rented homes, or to help them buy their own home. It
would mean that the MoD provided funding to pay their housing costs, rather
than directly providing housing at a highly subsidised rent as it does now.
Read more on the Newcastle Chronicle website.
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