Applying for Base Housing

How to apply for base housing

• Step 1:
  Obtain the "Application for Assignment to Housing" (form DD1746) at your current family housing office or by contacting the family housing office at your destination base.
• Step 2:
  Mail, fax or email the completed DD1746 housing form and a copy of your current orders to the family housing office at your destination base.
• Step 3:
  Report to the family housing office after you have checked in with your unit to ensure your name is active on the wait-list. Some bases require you to check in before they will put your name on the wait-list, so you must check in as quickly as possible.
• Step 4:
  Update your contact information with the family housing office if it has changed from the time you submitted your paperwork.
• Step 5:
  Consider finding temporary housing in the surrounding community until base housing becomes available.
• Step 6:
  Respond to the family housing office within 24 hours of being contacted that housing is available.

Tips & Warnings

• Check with the family housing office of your destination base to find out their preferred method of receiving housing applications.
• If you fail to respond to the family housing office within 24 hours of being contacted that housing is available, you risk losing your spot in the wait list.
• Depending on deployment schedules for the base you are assigned to, the wait-list could be as short as 3 months or as long as 18 months. The family housing office should be able to give you an idea of how long the wait is at the time you submit your application.
• If PCSing, the estimated waiting period will be based on your projected arrival date and not on the date of application.
• Regularly check in with your local housing office to monitor your wait time.