参议员们要求国防部调查影响军人家庭住房津贴的房租上涨情况。 Senators request Defense Department probe into rising rents affecting military families' housing allowances.

由Elizabeth Warren领导的15名民主党参议员要求国防部调查影响军队家庭的不断上涨的租金。 Fifteen Democratic senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, have asked the Defense Department to investigate rising rents impacting military families. 美国中位租金从2021年增长25%至2023年,而租房者家庭收入中位数仅增长5%。 Median U.S. rent increased 25% from 2021 to 2023, while median household incomes for renters rose only 5%. 一项 " 蓝星家庭调查 " 报告说,只有26%的现役家庭认为其住房津贴足够。 A Blue Star Families survey reported that only 26% of active-duty families found their housing allowance sufficient. 参议员们担心地主可能正在利用RealPage Inc.的租金定价制度来增加费用,并希望国防部确定是否发生这种情况,并保护服务人员。 Senators are concerned that landlords might be using RealPage Inc.'s rent-pricing system to increase costs and want the Defense Department to determine if this is occurring and to protect service members.