Military Families Sue Private Housing Companies at Fort Hood 

June 16, 2020

Nine military families are suing three on-post private housing providers over squalid living conditions leading to illness and loss of possessions due to contamination.  

According to the families’ attorneys, the private companies provided housing substandard housing for human habitation, then proceeded to cover-up and provide a “litany of promises” that never remediated the living situation, according to a report by Killeen Daily News.  

One of the pervasive issues cited in the case include rampant mold infestation 

“The overarching issue (with privatized military housing) has been going on since 1996, when Congress decided to turn over military housing to civilian companies,” said Ryan Reed, a lawyer representing one of the families. “It’s become a readiness problem, with countless issues troops have to deal with just to take care of their families.” 

The three providers named in the lawsuit are Fort Hood Family Housing LP, FHFH, Inc., its general partner, and the parent company Lend Lease US Public Partnerships LLC. 

Photo by REUTERS/Deborah Nelson

June 16, 2020

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