PPV = Private/Public Venture.

In much (if not most) of the USN/USMC at least - there is no more **base housing**.

Private companies (Lincoln Housing in NAS Lemoore for example) have come in, torn down on the vintage housing and built region specific style of housing. this company then basically becomes your LANDLORD - not the base. The gov't then pays the company whatever you would get in BAH for living out in town.

the housing is usually fair to decent in condition and curb side appeal. The craftsmanship is probably what you would expect from the lowest bidder type of construction company. I had no complaints, but I've heard people that know much more than I gripe someone about the quality. Personally I think the maintenance is better from the PPV folks than from the old Public Works. There are sometimes some problems between the bases and the companies because in some legal ways the base CO doesn't have as much control over the housing areas as s/he has had in the past. In other words - there is a thrid party involved in anything having to do with housing. Also - something that they are trying to get going is to have regualr *joe schmo*civilians living in units not assigned to active duty military.

Bascially the military wants out of the **housing business**. If you are living in PPV housing - you are living in a property managed by a civilian corporation (no different than any apartment complex) who is partnered with the military in a financial sense.

Have the AF bases gone to this type of set-up housing yet? Anyone?

USMCFLYR