New Body to Run Military Housing as MoD Plans Decade-Long Accommodation Overhaul

New Body to Run Military Housing as MoD Plans Decade-Long Accommodation Overhaul
Almost all of the 47,700 military family homes will be refurbished or replaced Alamy/PA
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Ministers are set to create a new quango to run military housing after concluding the Ministry of Defence was not up to the job.

The new Defence Housing Service, to be announced by Defence Secretary John Healey on Monday, will take over management of service accommodation after years of complaints about poor quality homes.