Military homes to be renovated in £9bn government plan
In 2022, dozens of members and their families told the BBC they were having to live in damp, mould-infested housing without heating.
The plan is in response to consistent complaints from serving personnel about the state of their accommodation.
The Ministry of Defence's new housing strategy will see improvements made to almost all of its 47,700 homes for military families in what Defence Secretary John Healey said will be the "biggest renewal of Armed Forces housing in more than 50 years".
Thousands of military homes across the UK will be modernised, refurbished or rebuilt over the next decade under a £9bn government plan to improve defence housing.
A Commons defence committee last year found two-thirds of homes for service families needed "extensive refurbishment or rebuilding" to meet modern standards.
Under the new strategy, service family accommodation (SFA) will be refurbished with new kitchens, bathrooms and heating systems.
About 14,000 will receive either "substantial refurbishment" or be completely replaced.
The plans are part of the government's wider defence housing strategy, to be published on Monday. A total of £4bn in funding to tackle the housing problem had already been announced.
The government says it has also identified surplus MoD land which could be used to build 100,000 new homes for civilian and military families.
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