Navy regulations keeping single civilians out of pre-rented units

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Many family housing units on the Navy support site in Gricignano remain vacant while single civilians, who would like to live on base, are barred from moving into the units.


Navy regulations keeping single civilians out of pre-rented units
By Lisa M. Novak, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, September 30, 2008

NAPLES, Italy — The Navy is paying rent on more than 100 empty base housing units on the support site in Gricignano — units that some civilians would like to rent but are ineligible for due to housing regulations designating the apartments for families only.

At the same time, the Navy is paying rents for those civilians to live off base in conditions some feel are unsafe and unsanitary.

"I live in Lago Patria where renters now have to sign a waiver acknowledging they’re aware of the escalation in crime," said Daisy Parrish, whose request to live on base was turned down in June.

In May, the Navy stopped showing rental units in Lago Patria because of a spike in home invasions, burglaries and car thefts.

Aside from crime, Naples residents also have to deal with health concerns stemming from crippling garbage strikes, contaminated soil and water, toxic dumping and noxious fumes from continuous burning of trash piles all over the city.


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