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Military Housing
I have read a lot that you must be married to live on base with your spouse. However what if it is off-base military housing? Is it still the same? He has dependents so he does qualify for housing but we are not married yet. Are we still able to live together in Military housing even though it is not on base or do we have to get married first?
Thanks for all of your help!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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You must be married, or you are considered a guest and the length you could stay would be limited. Most military housing is privatized, and in secure offbase neighborhoods, but the time a non-dependent can stay still follows the rules.
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Permalink Reply by Allison on
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If the bah pay the for his current dependents goes to him and has not been designated to pay child support by the Navy, then rather than forfeiting the bah to base housing, he could collect it and use it to rent an apartment or house outside of base housing if you wanted to live together but are not ready to get married. Otherwise, even if the military housing neighborhood is 20 miles from the base, he's still living in base housing, and you cannot live with him there unless you are on his orders, and to get on his orders, you'd have to be his dependent. It's up to your sailor to weigh the pros and cons of living on or off base and decide what's best for his career right now and for his current dependents. If you decide to get married and live in base housing together, keep in mind that some people get lucky and have their paperwork processed in a week while others can wait up to a month for it to finish. It won't have anything to do with you guys necessarily, that's just navy life haha. Also, the Navy will most likely not pay for you to move until his next permanent duty station, so it's best to plan for out of pocket costs when you move to his current one, so there are no surprises.
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Permalink Reply by AlphasWife16 on
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Thanks Allison,
This is actually his new duty station, he just was sent here on 2/2. He has custody of his kids so his BAH goes to him not to child support. We should be getting married within the next few months. The current location has a wait list of 2-4 months and is about 45 miles from base. so hopefully everything just works out at the right time. If not.. we will just have to move somewhere off base until we get it all worked out. Thanks for all of the advice :-)
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What I meant was, when you get married, since it wasn't before this station he's at right now, they most likely won't pay for you to move in with him. It might not be an issue if you live nearby already and can just pack up your car, but if you live far away, it gets expensive. When he gets moved again to his next duty station, they will pay for the move like they did when he originally moved to this duty station, and they'll move you guys and your stuff as well (most cases; weight, rank, & location restrictions may apply).
One thing I accidentally noted that's not applicable to your situation is that you actually shouldn't have to wait for the paperwork after you get married before you can request housing. Since he already has dependents, there shouldn't be an issue with him requesting housing and processing you into DEERS, adding you to his insurance and a beneficiary of his life insurance, ID, etc. at the same time. He already qualifies for the housing like you said. I was listing from my experience, but my fiancé doesn't have dependents, so we're having to do two steps there when we get decide to get married (we're conflicted between the date we know will work and gambling for the date we've always wanted). There might be some paperwork to change who will be living in the house, but I can't speak from personal experience on that one, it's just a guess. There's almost always paperwork haha.
Anyway, congratulations to you and your fiancé! Military weddings can be really cool if you're doing a whole ceremony. If you're considering using the chaplain on the base, warning: I've heard it can take awhile to set up a meeting. I hope everything goes along smoothly and on a convenient timeline for you guys :). -
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