{"id":18280,"date":"2023-03-27T10:39:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=18280"},"modified":"2023-03-27T10:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:39:59","slug":"new-sens-ossoff-scott-rubio-launch-bipartisan-inquiry-into-pentagons-oversight-of-military-families-health-in-privatized-housing","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/new-sens-ossoff-scott-rubio-launch-bipartisan-inquiry-into-pentagons-oversight-of-military-families-health-in-privatized-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Sens. Ossoff, Scott, Rubio Launch Bipartisan Inquiry into Pentagon\u2019s Oversight of Military Families\u2019 Health in Privatized Housing<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his efforts to improve housing for military families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a follow-up to his eight-month bipartisan investigation<\/a> into the mistreatment of military families in privatized housing last April, Sen. Ossoff launched a bipartisan inquiry<\/a> with the Department of Defense alongside Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) to improve data collection about privatized housing conditions that may pose a risk to military families\u2019 health and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DoD\u2019s Office of the Inspector General found<\/a> that the Pentagon currently does not collect sufficient information on health threats or other harmful conditions found in privatized housing units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDue to this lack of information, the military services were unable to consistently track housing conditions that may have led to asthma, lead poisoning, cancers, and other adverse conditions among service members and their families,\u201d the Senators wrote in the letter to Defense Secretary Austin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bipartisan group of Senators are pushing for prompt answers from DoD regarding actionable steps the agency will take to effectively monitor the state of these privatized housing units\u2014ensuring they are prioritizing the health and safety of military families in Georgia and across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the latest action in Sen. Ossoff\u2019s continued work to protect military families living in privatized housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, as Chair of the Senate\u2019s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Sen. Ossoff led an eight-month bipartisan investigation<\/a> into the mistreatment of military families in privatized housing at Fort Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day after he announced the results of his investigation, the Army launched<\/a> their own probe into privatized housing conditions on Ft. Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the months following the bombshell investigation \u2014 which found evidence of misconduct, ranging from unmet work orders to mold-infested apartments \u2014 Sen. Ossoff launched follow-up inquiries to the Army pushing for its own investigation and further oversight of privatized military housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, in response to Sen. Ossoff\u2019s push, the Army committed to conducting unit-by-unit inspections of privatized housing<\/a> on military bases across the country, starting first with Ft. Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Sen. Ossoff also helped introduce a bipartisan bill to bring more oversight and transparency<\/a> to the entire military housing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read Sens. Ossoff, Scott, and Rubio\u2019s bipartisan inquiry.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his efforts to improve housing for military families. As a follow-up to his eight-month bipartisan investigation into the mistreatment of military families in privatized housing last April, Sen. Ossoff launched a bipartisan inquiry with the Department of Defense alongside Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) to improve data collection […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18280","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/18280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/18280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18282,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/18280\/revisions\/18282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}