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| https://www.mcsally.senate.gov/mcsally-military-housing-slumlord-ceos-should-spend-holidays-military-housing | McSally: Military Housing "Slumlord" CEOs Should Spend Holidays in Military Housing | 2019-12-03 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Republican | House | AZ | Martha McSally | M001197 | www.mcsally.senate.gov | legacy | U.S. SENATEU.S. Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) today proposed that military housing CEOs experience firsthand the unacceptable living conditions to which they have subjected military families. During a U.S. Committee on Armed Services hearing on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) privatized housing findings, McSally highlighted the continuing issue of substandard living conditions in military housing facilities. It's hard enough to serve in the military. It's hard enough to be a spouse of someone who serves in the military, but you add onto it the challenges that we're talking about here today, and the types of stories we've heard for what families have had to put up with. As someone who has served myself, this pisses me off,McSally said.So maybe some of the CEOs need to move into some military housing over the holidays.What do you guys think about that? And see how they feel trying to figure out where they're going to put up their Christmas tree or where they're going to be serving Christmas dinner. McSally asked the GAO Director of Defense Capabilities and Management if there are any companies performing acceptable work. I see there's basically 14 companies that have been involved in privatized military housing. Are any of them not acting like slumlords at this point? Are any of them doing a good job? GAO Director of Defense Capabilities and Management Elizabeth Field said:I wouldn't want to characterize any individual company as good across the board or bad across the board. I would say at almost every installation we've visited we found that the military housing officials on the ground were extremely frustrated with the private partner personnel on the ground. [They] were not getting the cooperation or support they needed. Download McSally's questioning HERE. OnJune 27, McSally secured provisions for protecting military families from hazardous housing conditions in the Senate's annual defense bill. OnMarch 7, McSally demanded answers from every branch of the military about the state of housing for military families. OnFebruary 13, McSally called for military commanders to take responsibility for the military family housing crisis. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |