On 16th December 2024 a Written Ministerial Statement was published, announcing that the MOD has reached a formal agreement with Annington Property Ltd to repurchase more than 36,000 Service Family homes in England and Wales.
This means that the homes that were previously privately owned will return to public ownership. This deal not only delivers long term value for money for the taxpayer but also means future improvements to the SFA estate will benefit Service families directly.
We hope this will be welcome news as DIO will now have the freedom to embark on a substantial programme of redevelopment and improvement of the estate.
While it is too early to discuss the specifics of future works, we will continue to update you through our Families First newsletter and our continuing series of SFA Roadshows in 2025.
Full details of the announcement can be found here. We appreciate you may have questions and we will update you in due course with further information.
The Families Federation Directors commented:
“We are all excited about the potential of this announcement. The need to do something differently to improve the quality of and access to military housing has been clear for some time, and this is a key step in freeing up the scale of resources needed to make this happen. Given the changes that this deal will unlock will inevitably take some time, we would also urge all current contractors to focus on improving their current maintenance services to our families – they deserve the very best provision in their home now, whilst the future improvements are rolled out. We look forward to communicating these changes to our families in due course.”
