IAQ U by Build Equinox: Military Housing Making Our Service Personnel Sick

MFAN (Military Family Advisory Network) issued a survey in 2019 to determine military family satisfaction with housing due to continuing complaints from military families regarding poor housing. Within one week, MFAN received 16,000 responses. Unlike housing contractors' self-reported 80% satisfaction, which enabled private contractors to receive bonuses, MFAN's survey result indicated very low satisfaction.The survey also revealed how poor quality housing for our service personnel is making them and their families sick, degrading our military's performance. Most likely, these survey results would be similar to other rental housing with poor maintenance practices.Survey results were conveyed to the US Military, however, no reports or follow up surveys have been conducted that indicate efforts to improve housing. Beyond the direct impact on our Military, the results show how poor housing environmental quality degrades health of a home's occupants, costing residents time and money for medical expenses and repairs.