The Navy is expected to have the money to move ahead with a plan to privatize barracks housing for junior sailors across Hampton Roads.
The project has been in the works for several years. In September 2024, Navy Fleet and Family Readiness Director Leslie Gould told WHRO that this project was the “largest swing of any service” to privatize housing for junior sailors.
Language included in the Navy’s request to Congress in the annual defense bill states the Navy is short at least 3,000 beds for junior sailors in the region. The $380 million in federal funding would be seed money for a $1.3 billion project stretched across Navy’s major bases in the area…