Military housing?

Question

How does military housing works? How long is the waiting period to get a house in the base? The apartments/houses are nice? Can u give me any links with photos of the houses/apt?

can u give me any link?

We don't have kids, just my husband and me.

Answer 1

I'm dont know 100%, but i can tell you what i know from my experience i have lived in military housing in hawaii and florida. since you dont have any children the maximum number of bedrooms you can have is 2. and that can be any type of housing (apartment, duplex, or house depending on the types available). The quality of the housing depending on where you are stationed can range from very crappy, to ok, to really nice. Also, you may want to do you research on this but a lot of the military housing areas are switching over to PPV housing. which means the military has contracted out the private sector to maintain, own, and operate selected military housing areas. i dont know if this is eventually going to happen everywhere but i do know that some military housing is PPV housing. I personally have lived in PPV housing and like it a lot better. I just had an overall better experience with them. Every month your full BAH will go to your housing in an allotment so you will never actually see it, except on your pay stub. and this means even if you are staying in a really crappy place. there are rules too when staying in military housing like cutting your own lawn ect... i know in PPV though they did that for us and also in PPV they had a self help store (this was in Hawaii) that had light bulbs, and air filters ect... that you could get free of charge. but i know that is not everywhere. Its very important since you dont give a deposit like you would normally to cover anything that would be possible damaged that you write down EVERYTHING on that piece of paper during the walk through because once you move out anything damage will come out of your pocket. so if you didn't write it down and you didn't do it, it doesn't matter you are still paying for it. Hopefully ou will get an nice housing inspector! and when you move out you have to do all the cleaning, or you can pay a certain amout to have that done. There are also ruled about having guests at your house for an extended period of time. but usually they will go over all of this with you when you apply for housing. There are housing wait lists and it just depends on the demand. Hawaii i had to wait about 2 1/2 weeks, florida i waited 3 days. and know some areas it can be 1-6 months even more sometimes. and its up to you if you want to live in military housing. and if you dont then you will receive your BAH and possibly be able to pocket some extra money little as it may be. We have always lived in military housing because it hasn't been worth it to us to live out on town yet. i provided links below to navy one stop and army one stop they have photos and floor plans and wating lists

Answer 2

To live on base, the military member would have to file an application with the base housing office. The type of unit given is decided on rank and family size. Some bases, especially overseas, have limited housing and in those instances even the sex of your children and the age ranges may be taken into consideration when assigning unit types. Keep in mind that if you become pregnant while waiting and want to apply for a larger unit, you can be required to provide proof of the babies sex and you will be moved to the bottom of the new list.

Almost every base has a waiting list, especially for the lower enlisted ranks. A call to the housing office of the base you are on or moving to can give you an idea of how long to expect...most places it is at least 6 months and in many it is over a year (we lived off base for 18 months while waiting for a place in Japan). While waiting, you will need to find a place off base. You will get a housing allowance (based on rank, dependents and location) but they often do not cover all the costs of living off base.

Military housing varies by base and even by the branch of service and the location. Many bases have gone to privatized housing. You would live on base, but get your housing allowance, which would automatically be paid to the civilian company managing base housing. Many of the privatized areas have gorgeous new units and are doing a lot of remodelling on old ones. In general, AF bases seem to have the best housing, followed by Army, Navy and then Marines. We have always had wonderful places, but there will be older units in needs of some repair at times.

When your name comes up on the list, you will be offered two or three places to choose from (although it could be only one if housing is limited on your base). If you refuse all three, you go back to the bottom of the list and have to start all over again.

Answer 3

In the military and married either you accept government housing which is free except for your telephone and cable tv bill or you recieve a housing allowance and live out in town.

Each places is differant. Some places have really nice housing and some are pretty run down. Some places you can get military housing and others you have to wait for months.

Your question is too broad for a specific answer. My best advice is to see what the government housing looks like first and then decide if you want to live there.

Answer 4

It will all depend on the base that you are stationed at. I wouldn't get too excited if I were you. It will be clean and in pretty good shape and you will be expected to keep it that way. The waiting period again depends on the base. You can go to the particular base website and they may have some photos. They are not going to have a 360 degree virtual tour like on real estate websites.

Answer 5

too many variables. Base, paygrade, bedroom entitlement and waiting list all go into ability to get into Base housing.

For instance, in San Diego, the wait list for our Paygrade and Bedroom entitlement was 36 months.. our orders were only for 24 months. In Monterey, we got housing in three days. Here at Ft. Meade, the wait list was three months. we opted to live out in town.

Answer 6

First of all, you may have to be put on a waiting list, which may be up to two years. it depends on what base you are on, about how nice the apartments/houses are. google the base you are going to and it should give you the base website and they sometimes have pictures on there. sometimes its safer to live off base, but that's my opinion

Answer 7

For Army housing you can check www.onestop.army.mil
Waiting list go by how many bedrooms you need and rank.