Buying back military homes reverses the 1996 privatization arrangement. The discussion disputes presenting this as a decision originating with the current government. The criticism focuses on a contract that allowed a private company to extract profit from accommodation needed by service families. In this assessment, the arrangement became a costly failure and continued for too long.
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The Annington housing arrangement illustrates the risks of profit-driven service accommodation
The criticism of the 1996 housing arrangement focuses on contract incentives and the cost of leaving it in place.