A Navy plan to transfer all of the housing for junior sailors in Hampton Roads to a private company still has not been finalized after two years.
The ambitious plan would fold all the roughly 8,000 Navy barracks beds in the region under a private contract. It would be the largest private contract for housing junior sailors in the military, valued at $1.8 billion.
Leslie Gould, then the head of Navy Installations Command, first announced the plan to WHRO in March 2024. Gould left the Navy in January. Hunt Investment Properties told WHRO this past February that the company was within two months of securing the money to fund a deal…