Senate report finds "mistreatment" of military families by housing companies

A Senate committee found dangerous living conditions, including exposure to toxic mold and asbestos, in military housing run by private contractors still persist — even after one of the companies pleaded guilty and was fined millions for wrongdoing. 

Military families testified Tuesday before a Senate investigative committee probing Balfour Beatty Communities LLC, one of the nation's largest private military housing companies, after the panel found the contractor has engaged in ongoing "mistreatment" that "has put the health and safety of military families at risk." 

"We're talking about lead, asbestos, mold and mildew, ceilings falling in, requests for urgent maintenance never acted on. It's completely unacceptable," said Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, who chaired the review.