SECTION 2 – SINGLE LIVING ACCOMMODATION
86% of Service Personnel living in SLA would want to live somewhere else under FAM
MOD FAM Report 2017
Around two thirds of our respondents declared their single accommodation to be adequate or better. Extrapolation would indicate that leaves around 3,000 occupants who feel it is less than adequate. Over half (4,500) of the comments we received were about accommodation and, while many were positive, the majority were most certainly not.
It is important to re-iterate that about 35% of the RAF occupy SLA and, not surprisingly, it is those personnel who reside in Grade 3 or 4 accommodation who feel the most marginalised. Single accommodation varies in quality from what is very comfortable Grade 1 (SLAM) at the top of the pile to quite simply extremely poor Grade 4 standard. What is unfortunate is that a mixture of both can exist on the same station and as a result can lead on occasion (and evidenced here) to a rather unhelpful and de-motivating ‘have’s and have nots’ situation. Therefore, it is very important that the correct local management, supervision and duty of care of the accommodation is applied.
There is also a rather unhelpful suggestion by some that personnel would choose to occupy lower- grade accommodation because it is cheaper – generally we have found this not to be the case; our evidence indicates circa 60% of occupants would be prepared to pay more if the quality of accommodation was improved to match their expectations. Equally, many understand and appreciate that their accommodation charges are subsidised but are quick to make the point that this is part of ‘the offer’ and that subsidies cannot excuse poor quality and inadequate repair performance.
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