Rental Housing Programs: Excluding Servicemembers' Housing Allowances from Income Determinations Would Increase Eligibility, but Other Factors May Limit Program Use

Abstract

Although the Department of Defense (DOD) pays active-duty servicemembers who do not live in military housing a Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) to help them afford private market residences, expected growth at some military installations has raised concerns about whether nearby communities will have enough affordable rental housing for incoming personnel. In response to a congressional mandate, GAO assessed (1) how excluding BAH would affect servicemembers eligibility to apply for federal rental housing programs and (2) factors that could affect their use of the programs in selected communities gaining military personnel. GAO compared servicemembers eligibility for the programs as of December 2005 by including and excluding BAH from income determinations and examined factors affecting potential program use near four growing military installations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2006
Accession Number
AD1179609

Entities

People

  • David G. Wood

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Communities
  • Congress
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Family Size
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Rural Areas
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

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  • Housing Policy Studies in Military Families with Privatization and Telomerase Allowance Units, Multi-Family Housing, and Telomere Lengths.
  • Naval Personnel Management