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B-169926 1 (1971-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkkc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - , I! ':' -- . :T .: . .. . COMPTROLLER GENERAL 0 H I-VD STA S R SWASHINGTON, 205 RELEASED ) B-169926 DLU i Ci Dear Senator Pell: In accordance with your request of May 22, 1970, we began a review of the need for the proposed construction of 200_Lam- ily housing units at Newport Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. We fofUlfdt i'V Isable, ,o erjto s u spend our work until com- pletion of the 1971 family housing survey, which the base was making at the time. We discussed the proposed approach with your Office and it was found acceptable. The new housing survey showed a continued need for hous- ing. Early in June 1971, the- Commander, Newport Naval Base, transmitted a copy of the survey results to the Rhode Island Builders Association which had written to you. The Associa- tion questioned the need to build the 200 units and requested an investigation. The'Association, in its reply to the base commander, endorsed the need for the 200 units but recommended that they be built for enlisted personnel. It acknowledged the exis- tence of a tfgtF'-h-6'sing mrket in Newport but did not accept the results of the Navy's survey of family housing require- ments. The Assbciation believed that the Navy survey require- ments were excessive and disagreed with the methodology of the survey. In view of the Association's endorsement of the 200-unit project, we agreed with your Office to meet with Association officials to ascertain what further work, if any, was expected of us. At an October 8, 1971, meeting, Association officials stated that it would not be necessary for us to expend addi- tional audit time since they had no objection to the planned Government-owned family housing program for Newport Naval Base. They felt, however, that formal market studies should be used 2 by the Department of Defense in deciding whether additional on-base housing is needed at specific locations. They later furnished us with a copy of sections of a publication prepared by housing marketing consultants in conjunction with the Mar- keting Departmont.of the National Association of Home Builders. n Tu AMIMIX1D4ZA DV l01)1 0lo ?yc7 14_

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