Defence Department has about 12,000 military housing units available to rent on Canadian Forces bases and wings but defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre said that between 4,000 and 6,000 more units are needed
OTTAWA — Thousands of Canadian Armed Forces members and their families across the country are waiting for military housing, according to the Department of National Defence forcing some local commanders to take unusual steps to shelter their troops.
The waitlist is close to 700 at CFB Esquimalt near Victoria, B.C.,where the local base commander has started letting new sailors live in their training quarters for months after their initial training is finished. The Defence Department said five years ago the Canadian Forces Housing Agency proposed to build 1,300 new units over 10 years. It was going to consider “alternate delivery options” such as leases and public-private partnerships for the rest.
“So some of those prospective buyers are staying in the rental market, if they were already renters, and kind of reducing the supply of listings that are out there," he said in an interview.
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