Summary: DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Joseph Sikes, director for Housing and Competitive Sourcing in the office of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment. Sikes will discuss the Department of Defense recent announcement, Sept. 30, for the temporary expansion of the Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP). Using $555 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), this program is designed to partially reimburse eligible military personnel, surviving spouses, and federal civilian employees whose service to the nation has required them to relocate and sell their primary residence at a loss. Read Transcript.
