Senior Army officials announced recently that progress is being made on the remaining four of 18 Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights signed by Secretary Mark Esper in February.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy says the service is in the process of enacting a pilot program that will test a system of providing seven years of a unit’s maintenance history to tenants, according to Military Times.

Furthermore he said DoD officials are “finalizing” a common lease document that will be used for military families across the privatized housing projects.

McCarthy says the remaining two provisions: a dispute resolution process and a process for withholding rent during dispute resolutions will require additional time to resolve.

“The remaining two are going to be tough. In particular, the dispute resolution,” said McCarthy. “What we’re looking at with the dispute resolution is, can we find a third party that would be like the arbiter between the company and the soldier in this case. So we’re looking at a way to complete that, but…. We’re moving ahead,”

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