Divorced partners of Armed Forces personnel will also benefit for the first time. The measures will also help people who divorce or separate from their partners in the Armed Forces by exempting them from rules requiring them to be alocal resident before being given aproperty.
While the majority of military personnel transition successfully into civilian life, an overhaul of the system will also mean all applicants for social housing will be asked if they have served in the Forces at the outset of the process to ensure veterans get the help they are entitled to. All the details on these proposals can be found online:
gov.uk/government/ news/james-brokenshire-prioritises- social-houses-for-former-servicemen- and-women-with-ptsd
Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) - FDIS Survey update – In our Winter edition of the Envoy I mentioned that FDIS is the framework from which amaintenance contract for the next generation of accommodation will be managed. Interested companies have had the opportunity to bid for the contract. FDIS is intended to avoid many of the pitfalls that beset the current contract, and more importantly puts families first in the execution of the service. We were invited to contribute in developing the scope of the contract on behalf of families. We were delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate and you have our assurance that we will represent your views when and where we can.
We finalised our FDIS Housing Report at the beginning of January and presented it to the FDIS Project Team at Andover. We were also involved in evaluating specific questions and answers from bidders for the contract.
The survey ran from 05 to 30 Nov 18 and we attracted 973 respondents and that provided over 2000 comments. These findings bear out the casework on accommodation of the issues that most causes families to put pen to paper and complain.
The analysis of the Report, along with the equivalent reports from the Naval FF and Army FF will help to forge the next accommodation maintenance contract. This is of significant importance because it is the first time that families have been consulted for their views ahead of a contract let. Our gratitude to all those that took the time to complete that survey last year and we have published the full report online: The report can be found online:
raf-ff.org.uk/publications/raf-ff-reports/.
We would like to say thank you to all RAF family members that had completed the
survey.Please also do not hesitate to continue to contact us on any issue that causes you concern by calling us on 01780 781650 or emailing through our online form:
raf-ff.org.uk/contact/report-issue-form.
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