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Housing and moving


Some of the toughest decisions in the military revolve around housing and moving. Should you live on base or off? Should you have a moving company deliver your household goods, or should you move them yourself? Before you make any decisions, you can get smart on those issues and more here.
  • On-base families should be able to choose public school, lawmakers say
    Military parents living on base should be able to select which local public school their child attends, a House panel suggests.
    Posted Tuesday May 8, 2012 13:32:49 EDT
  • Study: Bigger housing payouts encourage younger marriages — and divorces
    Higher rates of pay and benefits for married troops encourages service members to wed at a younger age than the general public — and lead to a "significantly greater" divorce rate for those who...
    Posted Wednesday Apr 21, 2010 14:27:26 EDT
  • Loans could tide over HAP homeowners
    Military financial institutions could help military homeowners with low-interest, short-term loans while they await payments under the expanded Homeowners Assistance Program, a Defense Department...
    Posted Thursday Jul 30, 2009 12:29:36 EDT
  • House approves better moving, leave benefits
    A House committee has approved a 3.4 percent increase in military pay on Jan. 1, an increase in household goods weight limits for career enlisted members and more leave days for service members busy...
    Posted Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 15:58:44 EDT
  • Alliance advocates steady rise in BAH
    If Congress is unwilling to make a one-time adjustment in the residence standards used to set the basic allowance for housing, a group of military and veterans associations suggests phasing in higher...
    Posted Thursday Jan 29, 2009 11:37:45 EST
  • Ripped off during a move
    Electronics Technician 1st Class Jonathan Palmer watched as the Italian company packed and sealed his five crates of personal belongings for his move back to the States from Naples, Italy, in October.
    Posted Wednesday Jan 28, 2009 11:35:59 EST
  • Army’s privatized housing will absorb utility rate hikes
    Troops living in privatized military housing will get some built-in relief if utility rates jump in their area — at least, if they are living on Army installations.
    Posted Thursday Sep 25, 2008 15:29:29 EDT
  • Mortgage crisis hits BRAC-affected homeowners hard
    The broad effects of the housing mortgage crisis will prevent nine out of 10 homeowners affected by base closure and realignment actions from receiving financial help under the Homeowners Assistance...
    Posted Tuesday Aug 19, 2008 14:23:02 EDT
  • Plan would boost BAH for E-8s
    The House of Representatives has approved a modest first step toward improving off-base living conditions for enlisted members by ordering housing allowances for E-8s to be based on the rental costs...
    Posted Thursday Jun 5, 2008 14:49:19 EDT
  • ‘Erosion’ of quality-of-life funding chafes lawmakers
    Sharp declines in funding for military quality-of-life programs may signal a lack of commitment by service officials, lawmakers said April 17.
    Posted Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 15:33:09 EDT
  • Services slow to set standards for barracks
    The definition of "inadequate barracks" is ... inadequate.
    Posted Tuesday Apr 15, 2008 17:05:08 EDT
  • Sharing can lead to saving
    JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Martineu gave up searching the Internet for a one- or two-bedroom apartment in the Jacksonville area while he was still deployed to Iraq last year.
    Posted Thursday Apr 3, 2008 11:50:57 EDT
  • Fair play: Boosting BAH for singles
    The current system of Basic Allowance for Housing payments is split between haves and have-nots — those with families and those without.
    Posted Thursday Apr 3, 2008 11:50:48 EDT
  • Paying more for homeownership
    By the Pentagon's standards, single E-7s are paid enough housing allowance to rent a two-bedroom townhouse.
    Posted Thursday Apr 3, 2008 11:50:32 EDT
  • Single doesn’t mean fewer expenses
    Alaska has some of the highest rent districts in the country, but the money available to soldiers for housing there is still not quite enough for Army Sgt. Romesa Fantroy.
    Posted Thursday Apr 3, 2008 11:50:24 EDT
  • Living within the allowance
    SAN DIEGO — Southern California's sun-splashed, sandy beaches attract sun worshippers and surfers — Navy Lt. Jared Gianquinto included.
    Posted Thursday Apr 3, 2008 11:50:07 EDT
  • Study suggests raising partial BAH
    About 65,000 single junior enlisted members live in housing that is below Defense Department standards — and they should be paid extra for that hardship, military pay experts say.
    Posted Thursday Apr 3, 2008 11:46:16 EDT

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