Armed Forces: Housing
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the short-term action plan to enhance family homes.
Answered by Al Carns
We do not intend to publish a short-term action plan.
In our new Consumer Charter, we announced seven commitments to immediately improve the lived experience for Service families:
- A strengthened move-in standard
- Improved, clearer information for families ahead of a move
- More reliable repairs
- Raising the minimum standard of military homes with a refurbishment of up to 1,000 of the worst homes
- Better and clearer communication for families, including a named housing officer for every service family
- A new, simpler complaints process
- Modernising policies to allow more freedom for families to make improvements
Service families will start to see early benefits including a named Housing Officer provided for every home, and £50 million to fund refurbishment works on 1,000 of the worst homes.
The Defence Housing Strategy will be published later this year and will set out further long-term plans to improve the standard of Service family homes.
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