Accession Number:

ADA171466

Title:

Family Housing Self-Help Program: Evaluation and Recommendations for Improvements.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL

Personal Author(s):

• Williamson,John H.
• DeLong,Carl E.
• Norris,Cynthia J.
• Glaeser,Susan E.

Report Date:

1986-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

62.0

Abstract:

This report evaluates the Army Family Housing Self-Help Program, discusses problems with the program, and recommends solutions to the problems. The evaluation describes existing self-help documentation and current operating procedures, analyzes attitudes of family housing occupants and providers of family housing toward the program, and gives a costbenefit analysis of self-help vs. preventive maintenance. The data obtained showed that both occupants and installation personnel favored the program and that self-help is more economical than contracted maintenance. Based on results of the analyses, recommendations are given for improving existing self-help methods and procedures in areas of organization, operations, training, and documentation. Author

Descriptors:

• *FAMILY MEMBERS
• *HOUSING(DWELLINGS)
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
• ORGANIZATIONS
• CONTRACTS
• PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• COSTS
• BENEFITS
• LAND AREAS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Economics and Cost Analysis

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE