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TAFB Housing Privatization
Housing Privatization
Today, more than 38 percent of Air Force housing does not meet modern standards and requires either major improvements or replacement. In response to these issues, the Department of Defense has decided the most viable means of revitalizing housing in a reasonable time is through privatizing housing. Housing privatization is a non-traditional approach that reduces the amount of time needed to "fix" inadequate housing. It is a faster method than through the traditional military construction method, thereby revitalizing military family housing and improving the quality of life for the military family sooner.
Goal
Tinker's goal is to provide military families access to safe, quality, affordable, well-maintained housing in a community where they will CHOOSE to live:
- Quality affordable homes
- A safe environment
- Well maintained housing
Project Overview
Tinker Military Family Housing was privatized on July 21, 2008. Balfour Beatty Communities assumed responsibility for the daily operations for base housing. Tinker is part of the Air Mobility Command West project with Fairchild AFB, Wash., and Travis AFB, Calif., and is one of the latest addition to the Housing Privatization Initiative approved by the Department of Defense in 1996. The AMC grouped project includes a total of 2,435 units, with an end state of 660 of those units at Tinker.
At Tinker, the developer will remove 432 inadequate units, renovate 262 existing homes and construct 398 new homes.
Renovation of existing military housing and construction of new units must be completed within the first seven years of the 50-year lease.
Under the agreement, the government will lease approximately 225 acres of land for 50 years to the private developer.
To apply for family housing at Tinker Air Force Base, prospective residents should contact the Tinker Housing Referral Office at 405-734-2821, or contact Balfour Beatty Communities office at 405-610-3637. The address is 5352 Chidlaw, Tinker AFB, OK 73145.
For more information about privatized housing at Tinker AFB, please access the link to BBC Tinker Family Housing.
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