It would never occur to most of today’s armed forces to repair a facility...that’s what base maintenance is for. Funds for housing go to new buildings, no renovating or maintaining low profile transient facilities, and most of this only comes to light when forces deploy and return and reservists are called up, as during peacetime many simply live off base.
Uh..I sure wish I could live off-base. I fantasize about that. The unit I am with - you can live off-base, but you have to pay 100%. You an unauthorized to live off-base unless there is no room on-base, and there is room. It does save money. The Army would have to pay me around $2500 a month extra in BAH to live off-base here.