Assessing Alternative Military Family Housing Assignment Policies.

Abstract

The Government Accounting Office (GAO), in a 1979 report, recommended that priority for assignment to military family housing be given to personnel who can least afford to live off base (E-1--E-3). The purpose of this effort was to evaluate modifications to the current DoD family housing assignment policy that address GAO's criticism. Central to the evaluation is a computer program, the Housing Assignment Policy (HAP) model, that assesses the impact of a change in assignment policy by simulating the effects of a specific set of priorities or rules. The number, type (pay grade), and location of personnel affected, as well as the associated changes in budgetary costs, specifically basic allowance for quarters (BAQ), were derived for numerous scenarios and compared. Although changes in housing policy would affect morale and retention, such effects are difficult to measure and were not included in this work. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118742

Entities

People

  • Murray Rowe
  • Robert Hutchins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Availability
  • California
  • Communities
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Displacement
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Housing Policy Studies in Military Families with Privatization and Telomerase Allowance Units, Multi-Family Housing, and Telomere Lengths.
  • Systems Analysis and Design