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Help!.trying to move to norfolk va
Hello,
My husband and I got married while he was in Seabee school in TX. He graduates school on Oct. 10th and has to report to his first station (Naval Station Norfolk) on Oct. 23. He will be coming home in the in-between time. We are trying to find housing in VA but we are stuck. We applied to Lincoln Military Housing because they are one of the only ones that I have found to accept German Shepherd dogs. However, now we are being told that they cant find us housing until he starts to get BAH...but BAH might not start for him until after we already need to be in VA. Has anyone else had this problem? What do we do if we cant get housing for a few months due to the waiting list?
Thanks,
Stressed Mrs. Keller
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Permalink Reply by Jenn_NicksWifey on
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We're having the same issue with dogs, but we're going to San Diego. We have two German Shepherds. Our choices basically came down to these: 1. I stay behind with the kids and dogs and he lives in the barracks until housing with dogs open up or 2. We find temporary/maybe permanent homes for the dogs and go without them. We're going without the dogs, one is staying with his mom and one is staying with his best friend. We decided to do it that way because we are renting our house here and have tenants scheduled to move in, so the kids and I can't stay.
Make sure his DEERS is updated and his page 2 (also called Emergency and Dependent Data Sheet) are up to date with all of your information as his wife, then I guess just wait for BAH to kick in. I'm not sure who you would call, but once he gets to his command, maybe he could talk to his chain of command and see if it can get pushed through faster. You could also try to contact the ombudsman for his command once he gets there and see if s/he has advice or suggestions for living off base until housing opens up for you.
Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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There is typically a wait list for housing in VA... sometimes a lonnnnggg one! I would say start looking for housing out in the town if you can afford it. Use ahrn.com and militarybyowner.com and maybe even contact a realtor. He might have to report to VA and then you come down later. Or you might have to stay in a hotel until your BAH kicks in. I would say start looking in town mostly because I have known people to wait for a longgg time for housing in VA.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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When we moved to San Diego from Japan, we had a dog and three cats. She was a small Shiba, 28 pounds. Even renting, we could not find a decent place in SD which took dogs and wasn't an arm and a leg. She ended up with hubby's mom back east, turned into a forever home.
In San Diego, at the time we were there, the wait list was horrible. We rented and decided to pass up housing when it was open to us.
It can take up to eight weeks or more for BAH to kick in after getting married. Did he get you on the orders (accompanied)? If so, you qualify for the dislocation allowance, which will cover a hotel for up to ten days while looking for a place to rent. And yeah, in VA it almost always requires renting before a place in housing opens up. The Navy doesn't provide temporary housing anymore. You rent or stay back home.
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Permalink Reply by esther22ship02div932PIR7-1 on
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My only suggestion would be that once you are able to get on a list don't let the wait time scare you too much. When I got on the list (and I live in Virginia Beach) I was told 7-8 weeks. I got on a list for Lincoln and Balfour Beatty, I received calls from both of them in 2.5 weeks offering me a three bedroom. Some people would advise against going with Lincoln Military around here, I don't know, I'm not with them. BUT alot of people here would advise to just find your own place anyway, most of the military housing isn't behind a gate anyway. Good luck with everything!!
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yeah I have heard a lot of people have issues with mold in the Lincoln Housing.. and they arent fixing it. I havent researched it too much because I can't live in any housing with my pup. But I have seen lots of families really upset about it. A few wives I have heard think they miscarried because of it. I don't know too much like I said but I would definitely do research about that and what neighborhoods they are having mold issues.
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