My headaches with privatized housing in the military.

For the last coupe of years, all Air Force housing has been privatized in the continental U.S. This means a private company is now the landlord. This was done to bring housing up to standards because there was not enough money for the Air Force to do it.

While stationed in Arizona I moved into a new home from a dilapidated old home. I had to sign lead and asbestos waivers to live in that old home.

In comparison, the old house that I live in now is falling apart and is in worse condition than the previous old one. When I first moved in I tripped over broken concrete and lose paver stones left in the backyard. I did not see them under the snow and I fell and split my knee open the day I moved in. I stopped counting stitches after 12 and to top it off I ended back in the ER on Christmas morning because of a bone infection. My knee has never been the same, it still has issues.

From that day on, it has been a battle to get things repaired. It took 4 weeks to get my swamp cooler fixed only to find out the roof is leaking too. My ceiling dropped 2 inches in the hallway from rain. I was told a contractor would come and look at the roof on Friday. This follows the mantra of the military "Hurry up and wait" So far no one has inspected the roof. and I'm worried about mold. We also have an invasion of ants. I think my house was built on ant hill.....a giant one.

In all seriousness, military members and veterans need to be treated better.