How does military housing work?
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Take the BAH and buy a house.\n\nIf you're moving into military housing (mostly privatized) you're essentially renting.  You're not seeing any return for your BAH.  If you buy a place you're building equity and ultimately paying yourself back.  Not only that, any interest that you end up paying will go back into your pocket at the end of the year because you will be able to write it off on your taxes.\n\nOther than that...  Think of it as a "gated community" lol
887430
financially how?  you get one move back to your home of Record paid for.  anything else will depend on your RE code.  if you get an OTH or BCD, you lose everything.. no GI Bill, no Va bennies.  If its a GUH, you might get to keep them.  \n\nmedical ends the minute you are discharged.
939438
call an army recruiter and they will fill you in on all of this information!
930280
https://www.housing.navy.mil/onestop/_phototours/phototours_list.jsp?bid=175\n\nit's better than most.  The above link is a photo tour of the various housing options.
835559
i am sorry as i do not know for sure but if you follow my instructions, you should be able to find out.\n1) go to www.army.mod.uk\n2) click on careers at the top of your screen\n3) it should come up with a 360 degree view of an army base.\n4) on the side panel on that page, you should see 'chat to us live online'\n5) click on that and a blue screen shoul pop up and click go.\n6) put in a made up username and your question and a careers sergeant will answer your question.\nGood Question, Well done
139529
What extra's are you talking about?  \n\nBasic Pay is also different depending on how long you have been in\n\nBAH that is different for every base, but you don't get BAH if you live in base housing.\n\nBAS 272.26\n\nAlso it depends on if you are deployed or not if you are you also get\n\nSeperations pay 250\n\nIf you are in a combat zone you also get\n\nImmiment Danger pay 225 which is also a tax free zone\n\n\nAs you can tell from the above it really depends on what extra's in pay you are talking about as well as what base and how long you have been in.
431152
Been there, done that!  This is more typically a problem at OCONUS locations but as you are learning, the misguided consolodations pushed through by the current administration are impacting things on the home front as well.\n\nUnfortunately there is no easy solution for you.  The military answer is usually to expand the local commuting area.  Normally a one hour commute is considered "local" and all assigned military personnel are required to live in this area.  When housing is in short supply, the local military commander usually expands this area to 90 or 120 minutes.  That solves his or her "problem" but does nothing for you.\n\nIf you haven't been assigned a sponsor yet, get in touch with your gaining unit and have one assigned.  They will start the search for you prior to your arrival.  Also, contact the housing office at Ft Riley to get the ball rolling there as well.\n\nYou may want to consider giving your sponsor a limited power-of-attorney to sign a lease for you.  It should contain a clause limiting the maximum rent, deposit, etc.  Yes, going sight-unseen sucks, but at least it's a roof over your head.\n\nIn severe circumstances, the post housing office may coordinate all off-post rentals and assign rental housing to incoming members.  When this happens, you're typically allowed one "free" refusal of "adequate" housing so think carefully about what's offered, bearing in mind that the least desireable properties are usually reserved for the "second choice" list.  Based on your family size, you'll probably be limited to 3 bedrooms so refusing a 3 bedroom home as too small won't be justified.
1045214
In the event a resident is transferred from the area on military orders or their active military status is terminated, the resident may terminate the lease agreement upon giving a 30-day or 60-day written notice to vacate the apartment to the management (which ever is required by your lease). In addition, a copy of military orders or termination of active status will need to be provided to management. If there was a concession given at the time of move-in, it may be required that the amount be repaid prior to moving out. Typically a move to military on-base quarters shall not be considered a military transfer. Your lease agreement should have some sort of military transfer clause.
609938
No reason for a secret marriage.  If you let the military know, you get BAH (housing allowance) added to your check.  That's why they are so hard on contract marriages.  People in it soley for the benefits offered by the military.  Why hide it?
502499
Just to let you know it gets really expensive military housing might be a very good idea if you don't have a lot of money, I married a guy in the navy when he was stationed there and we found the smallest studio in kailua for $1000!  It was a room and a bathroom, with a shower a 2' sq.  And Kailua is one of the more expensive places to live I assume your stationed on KMCBH, my friend had military housing on the base and it was a nice apartment.
216644
Most real estate agents and rental property owners near military bases will have a "military clause" in their rental agreement.  Meaning you can sign a lease for longer than your need (in this case a year's lease could be signed), but then show a copy of the sponsor's PCS orders and the lease can be broken without penalty.  With this in mind, you do not have to be limited in looking for property management companies that deal specifically with military families.
190851
Usually it depends on the size of the property you work on.\n\nIf it is very large then the leasing agent would probably show apartments, condos, whatever and take all the information for the application. Run the credit/criminal checks,all paperwork involved. Prepare the move in package with the lease and other papers. Answer the phones and take care of whatever the resident is requesting, such as work to be done in their unit.\n\nThe job description will vary from place to place.
880635
It depends on his duty station and his rank. I have attached two links - one is for cost of living - the other is pay scale. He will get three pays - standard - housing (if off post) - and BAS (food).\nEmail me if you have any questions.\n\nhttp://www.dod.mil/dfas/militarypay/newinformation/WebPayTableVersion2006updated.pdf\n\nhttps://secureapp2.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/bah.html
505996
Yes you can.  I'm a soldier at Ft Hood in the same situation.\n\nYou can get housing as long as you don't default on your payment plan.  However, the waiting list is longer for a soldier trying to re-enter housing as he is not considered a high priority.
733351
the only moves the military pays for are  pcs  permanent change  of  station. and they will move you back to your hometown after   you finish your time. they dont pay when you decide to leave the service member. thats on you to foot the bill not them. the service member isnt moving so they dont care
668875
I dont know if this will be any help,but when my brother was stationed in D.C. he was given a housing allowance which he said covered his house rental.Maybe you will qaulify for the same thing. Hope everthing works out for you.
898171
Who said the military paid well?  It's not a matter of pay, but personal resposibility.  For example, I am currently stationed in Japan, and you see all these young troops with these souped up cars.  The NCOs and officers, on the other hand, tend to drive crappy cars.  Also, for the most part, the young ones go out every weekend, while the older guys stay home.\n\nSo basically, you've got these kids that, for the most part, are experiencing living alone for the first time.  They're given free room and board, and a paycheck on top of that.  They end up living paycheck to paycheck, and wind up in debt because they bought an expensive car, TV, etc. right off the bat.\n\nI'm not saying there are senior NCOs and officers that aren't doing the same thing, but it IS the younger ones for the most part.\n\nTrue, we get paid less initially, but if you add up room and board, it equals to about the same.\n.