1. Also being considered for military housing is a building owned by Delta Air Lines near Hartsfield International airport. 2. A Defense Department task force Thursday recommended that all military housing be taken over by a new, non-profit military housing authority modeled on the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. 3. Aides have said he is still committed to new spending for pay and military housing. 4. But subsequent laws and regulations made it less attractive for private developers to build and maintain military housing. 5. Electricity normally used at military family housing will be used to light refugee camps. 6. Gore pledged to modernize weapons systems, lobby for another pay increase, improve military housing, and reduce the number of soldiers on food stamps. 7. He appointed a panel to examine how to remedy it, and initiated a pilot program designed to attract commercial developers, and money, to rebuild military housing. 8. Much military housing is old and rundown and needs to be replaced. 9. Much of this money was spent on improving military housing, supplementing wages and, in many instances, even buying luxury cars for senior officers. 10. Proximity to other services on base and security are often mentioned as reasons that many members of the armed forces prefer to live in military housing. |
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