A SHOCKING video has emerged of water pouring through the ceilings of a housing block for trainee Royal Marines, raising further questions about standards of troops' accommodation.
Are YOU a forces family in a mouldy home?Some of Britain's armed forces heroes are quitting over the state of their military housing, as new figures reveal thousands are living in homes riddled with pest infestations and mould.
Meanwhile, 5,123 had to be treated for pest infestations while 1,679 were treated for damp and mould from February 2023, according to the figures obtained by the Labour Party. The state of the room was unveiled in a post on social media and sparked uproar. It appeared to show brick work collapsing into the bedroom of the soldier's home Matthew Savill, director of military services at defence thinktank RUSI, told the i the state of the homes is 'definitely cropping up as an issue for staff retention'. said that the army must consider housing as much as equipment.
EXCLUSIVEREAD MORE: Further shame of military heroes being housed in sub-standard accommodation as roof caves in at one - while 'double standards' see illegal migrants put up in hotels Advertisement 'While over 95 per cent of military houses meet the required accommodation standards, we are improving military housing, including making damp and mould improvements to around 5,000 properties.
'Yet for many years the accommodation for many service personnel and their families has been poor, and in many cases unacceptable. Row after row of the huts have reportedly been installed at the base, as revealed by MailOnline in November 2023 READ MORE: Ministry of Defence faces an historic age discrimination lawsuit that could cost £100m: Thousands of troops could sue over 'unfair' military housing charges in 'unprecedented' legal claim Advertisement As well as lambasting the sorry state of homes, the report also slammed the DIO, which oversees military housing.
Summing up their findings, the report concluded: 'The poor ratings that service personnel give accommodation in the MoD's satisfaction surveys... would be red flags for any registered social landlord. One frustrated military family had what appeared to be part of a tree growing through a crack in the wall which they say housing bosses haven't dealt with for months
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